Hirosawa Driving School's Examiners Participate as Scorers in Yamato Transport's "National Safety Convention Kansai Region Supervisory Block Selection"

Hirosawa Driving School Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Tokushima City, Tokushima Prefecture, President: Tsuguo Sogawa), which boasts the largest number of new students in Tokushima Prefecture for regular car courses, is pleased to announce that its examiners, along with examiners from "Tsukinowa Driving School," operated by Seta Tsukinowa Driving School Co., Ltd., participated as scorers in Yamato Transport Co., Ltd.'s (hereinafter referred to as Yamato Transport) "National Safety Convention Kansai Region Supervisory Block Selection" held on June 23, 2026.

On the day, examiners from Hirosawa Driving School and Tsukinowa Driving School rode with the competition vehicles and scored safety checks, hazard prediction, and driving operations from a third-party perspective, utilizing the expertise they have cultivated through regular driver's license skill tests.

What is Yamato Transport's National Safety Convention?

This is an in-house competition tournament held by Yamato Transport with the aim of improving safety awareness and driving skills.

The competition comprehensively evaluates not only the accuracy of vehicle operation but also the driving behaviors required of professional drivers, such as safety checks, hazard prediction, and legal compliance.

Participants aim to further enhance their safety driving awareness by reflecting on their own driving while competing in the driving skills and accuracy of safety checks cultivated through their daily work.

In this Kansai Region Supervisory Block Selection preliminary round, for the first time for Yamato Transport, scoring by driving school examiners riding along was implemented.

The competition venue was "Tsukinowa Driving School," and examiners from Hirosawa Driving School and Tsukinowa Driving School participated as scorers.

Examiners from Hirosawa Driving School and Tsukinowa Driving School are responsible for skill tests for students aiming to obtain driver's licenses and evaluate safety checks, hazard prediction, and driving operations from a professional perspective. On the day, they rode with the drivers in the competition vehicles and scored their driving from a third-party standpoint.

Applying Driving School Expertise to Logistics Industry Safety

In the logistics industry, preventing traffic accidents and improving safety quality are important issues.

Since its founding, Hirosawa Driving School has set "zero traffic accidents for novice drivers" as its primary goal and has been engaged in traffic safety education that emphasizes not only acquiring driving skills but also habituating hazard prediction and safety checks.

This initiative is one effort to utilize the expertise in safety driving education and driving evaluation that driving schools have cultivated over many years in corporate safety activities. Hirosawa Driving School will continue to work on traffic safety education in cooperation with companies and local communities, aiming to realize a society free from traffic accidents.

Comments

President Tsuguo Sogawa

Tsuguo Sogawa, President of Hirosawa Driving School

Driving schools are often perceived as places to obtain a license, but their true role is to reduce traffic accidents. I am deeply honored to have been involved in Yamato Transport's safety initiatives as a scorer this time.

We believe that providing education on accident prevention, such as safety checks and hazard prediction, in addition to driving skills, leads to a reduction in traffic accidents.

We will continue to further enhance the quality of our education towards the realization of a society free from traffic accidents.

Company Profile

A designated driving school in Tokushima City, Tokushima Prefecture. It boasts the largest number of new students in Tokushima Prefecture for regular car courses. The company's largest performance evaluation indicator is "zero traffic accidents for novice drivers," and it has succeeded in reducing the novice driver accident rate from 1.4% to 0.2% over 10 years. Furthermore, it operates its business centered on the management philosophy of "Hirosawa Alma Mater," receiving the Grand Prize as the first Japanese small and medium-sized enterprise in the "Consumer-Oriented Excellent Companies Selection," which recognizes companies that engage in sustainable customer relationships. Through its group company, Think Three Co., Ltd., it is also promoting industry-academia-government collaboration to bridge Tokushima Prefecture and Dong Thap Province, Vietnam, with the aim of expanding the network of personnel exchange through specially skilled drivers to other industries, and is also aiming for sister city ties between the two municipalities.

Contact Information

For details about this initiative, please feel free to contact Hirosawa Driving School.

Hirosawa Driving School Co., Ltd.

Contact Person: Director Koya Shinchu

Phone Number: 088-631-0321

Email Address: k.shincyu@hirosawa-ds.com