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mad_asshatter@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

Woman suspected of violating traffic law for riding an electric suitcase

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Woman suspected of violating traffic law for riding an electric suitcase

www3.nhk.or.jp

mad_asshatter@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago
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Woman suspected of violating traffic law for riding an electric suitcase | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News
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Police in Japan have sent papers to prosecutors concerning a woman under suspicion of violating the Road Traffic Act for allegedly riding an "electric suitcase" on a sidewalk without a license.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/23992689

Archive/mirror: https://archive.ph/zoBGi

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    She was scootin’ around on one of these. Here is another link, of Marques Brownlee giving specs and driving one.

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      That’s not really a suit case though. That’s a foldable bike.

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        I guess you are right, my bad. Still the commercial for it is hilarious.

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      For anyone who doesn’t want to watch a YouTube video, here are images: https://japantoday.com/category/crime/motorized-suitcase-rider-referred-to-prosecutors-for-1st-time

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      This is the purest form of battery-on-wheels I can imagine and I find this highly amusing.

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      Except the one Marques has can go 15mph, or about 24kph, almost twice that of the one in the article.

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        My bad.

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