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

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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.

The police say this is the first time someone has been identified for an alleged traffic offense involving such ridable luggage in Japan.

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Electric suitcases can move at a maximum of 13 kilometers per hour, and are legally in the same category as small motorcycles.

But they are not allowed on public roads in Japan as they do not meet standards for brakes and blinkers set by the Road Transport Vehicle Act.

The woman is reportedly denying the charges saying during voluntary questioning that she was not aware that the suitcase is a vehicle that requires a driver’s license.

    • x4740N@lemm.ee
      33·
      5 months ago

      Not being racist at all, that text is the only way to keep 50 cent Party trolls away and from spreading misinformation

      And I’m kind of angry that you’d suggest that because being racist goes against my morals and core beleifs and to group me in with those fucking bigots who would destroy a country and take away others humans rights

      They are a real thing, maybe read up on them

      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/50_Cent_Party

      https://web.archive.org/web/20240628064913/https%3A%2F%2Fold.reddit.com%2Fr%2Fjapan%2Fcomments%2F79ex2q%2Fwhy_is_every_thread_on_front_page_reddit_about%2F

      On this archived reddit thread:

      Where have you been? They are the 50 Cent Army (womao dang), a ten million Chinese people who earn “50 cents” by commenting a positive message about Chinese Communist Party while writing shits about the US and Japan. Being able to write in English is a bonus, and writing in Japanese is even more.

      That’s pretty damn interesting. I saw one poster in the brown hair thread copy / paste the same negative statement about Japan at least ten times. Only to later be all deleted.

      Some Japanese internet users had discovered the repellent for these 50 cent armies, by randomly inserting the words “Tienanmen Square Massacre” in the replies, and Chinese will delete their comments or never come back, since they were afraid that the communist supervisors don’t want them to get involved with its dark truth (the massacre apparently “didn’t happen” in its official history), and might terminate them from the jobs…

      Not sure if it works with Arabic numerals “64”, but various people trolling these shills report that just posting “六四” for June 4th, the day of the Tienanmen Square Massacre is enough to send them running.

      https://web.archive.org/web/20240628064507/https%3A%2F%2Fold.reddit.com%2Fr%2Fjapanlife%2Fcomments%2F1ciwpip%2Fwidespread_outdated_misinformation_about_japan%2F