Comments on: Japanese Police Arrest Teenager For Riding Double On A Bicycle http://www.japanprobe.com/2007/05/22/japanese-police-arrest-teenager-for-riding-double-on-a-bicycle/ Japan News Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:45:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dave Faulkmore http://www.japanprobe.com/2007/05/22/japanese-police-arrest-teenager-for-riding-double-on-a-bicycle/comment-page-1/#comment-253512 Dave Faulkmore Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:12:02 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=1791#comment-253512 jaywalking should be appealed to the US Supreme Court. When I describe to people good qualities about Japan having no jaywalking law and cops that are too busy banging 16yo is near the top of the list. jaywalking should be appealed to the US Supreme Court. When I describe to people good qualities about Japan having no jaywalking law and cops that are too busy banging 16yo is near the top of the list.

]]> By: Akoua Doffou http://www.japanprobe.com/2007/05/22/japanese-police-arrest-teenager-for-riding-double-on-a-bicycle/comment-page-1/#comment-46475 Akoua Doffou Tue, 22 May 2007 14:05:07 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=1791#comment-46475 Yes, everyone jaywalks in the U.S., it's a fact of life. Yes, everyone jaywalks in the U.S., it’s a fact of life.

]]> By: James http://www.japanprobe.com/2007/05/22/japanese-police-arrest-teenager-for-riding-double-on-a-bicycle/comment-page-1/#comment-46471 James Tue, 22 May 2007 13:59:09 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=1791#comment-46471 Boy, I'm glad we didn't even bother looking at that dusty old constitution when we wrote them the one they have now. ;) Boy, I’m glad we didn’t even bother looking at that dusty old constitution when we wrote them the one they have now. ;)

]]> By: the overthinker http://www.japanprobe.com/2007/05/22/japanese-police-arrest-teenager-for-riding-double-on-a-bicycle/comment-page-1/#comment-46469 the overthinker Tue, 22 May 2007 13:43:23 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=1791#comment-46469 You are correct; it is. I recently found this early version of the Meiji Constitution in the Ketsukaranuku Archives: CHAPTER I. THE CYCLIST Article 1 The Roads of Japan shall be reigned over and governed by a line of Cyclists unbroken for ages eternal. Article 2 The Bicycle Seat shall be succeeded to by Cycler male or female descendants, according to the provisions of the Bicycle Seat Law. Article 3 The Cyclist is sacred and inviolable. Article 4 The Cyclist is the head of the Roads, combining in Himself the rights of passage, and exercises them, according to the provisions of the present Constitution. Article 5 The Cyclist exercises the commuting power with the consent of the Imperial Diet. Article 6 The Cyclist gives no sanction to laws, and orders them to be disbanded and nullified. Article 7 The Cyclist convokes the Roads, rides, parks, and ignores it, and squeals the brakes incessantly. Et Cetera. You are correct; it is. I recently found this early version of the Meiji Constitution in the Ketsukaranuku Archives:
CHAPTER I. THE CYCLIST
Article 1
The Roads of Japan shall be reigned over and governed by a line of Cyclists unbroken for ages eternal.
Article 2
The Bicycle Seat shall be succeeded to by Cycler male or female descendants, according to the provisions of the Bicycle Seat Law.
Article 3
The Cyclist is sacred and inviolable.
Article 4
The Cyclist is the head of the Roads, combining in Himself the rights of passage, and exercises them, according to the provisions of the present Constitution.
Article 5
The Cyclist exercises the commuting power with the consent of the Imperial Diet.
Article 6
The Cyclist gives no sanction to laws, and orders them to be disbanded and nullified.
Article 7
The Cyclist convokes the Roads, rides, parks, and ignores it, and squeals the brakes incessantly.

Et Cetera.

]]> By: L33tminion http://www.japanprobe.com/2007/05/22/japanese-police-arrest-teenager-for-riding-double-on-a-bicycle/comment-page-1/#comment-46444 L33tminion Tue, 22 May 2007 12:36:25 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=1791#comment-46444 It's probably like jaywalking laws in the US: Not usually enforced, but there in case the police observe someone committing that offense in a way that's egregiously stupid. It’s probably like jaywalking laws in the US: Not usually enforced, but there in case the police observe someone committing that offense in a way that’s egregiously stupid.

]]> By: Gragra http://www.japanprobe.com/2007/05/22/japanese-police-arrest-teenager-for-riding-double-on-a-bicycle/comment-page-1/#comment-46427 Gragra Tue, 22 May 2007 11:51:54 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=1791#comment-46427 One of the reasons I love being in Japan is that you can do just about anything you like on a bicycle - in fact I thought it was enshrined in the Constitution that bike riders were above the law. Stop picking on the poor lad and get doing some proper police work. For heavens sake don't become like England where you get arrested just for riding on the pavement ( that's sidewalk for my american chums ). One of the reasons I love being in Japan is that you can do just about anything you like on a bicycle – in fact I thought it was enshrined in the Constitution that bike riders were above the law.
Stop picking on the poor lad and get doing some proper police work.
For heavens sake don’t become like England where you get arrested just for riding on the pavement ( that’s sidewalk for my american chums ).

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