Junior High Girls Abuse Police Officers

This new generation show’s that they are growing up with no respect. The young girls have no respect for themselves either. How is this going to change? I am not sure. Seem like the same problem in other countries.

why is it better? the J-cops are dying for something to do to the point that they shoot themselves with their own service revolver. Have you ever herd of a US cop taking their own life while on duty? I think not.

bike laws in japan:
You must have a bell, light and a rear reflector.
You must have your bike registered with the local town hall.
You must park your bike in a specified bike parking area.
No riding the wrong way on streets.
No riding with an umbrella.
No riding double.
No riding on pedestrian only sidewalks (some are dual where you can ride your bike)

Register your bike with the local town hall? I’ve never heard of that one.

“I used to ride double all the time as child on my friedns bike and on mine, as did all my freinds. It wasn’t dangerous, it was fun…”

“I used to ride with no helmet all the time as a child on my friend’s bike and on mine, as did all my freinds. It wasn’t dangerous, it was fun…”

“I used to fire pistols straight up into the air all the time as a child with my friend’s gun and with mine, as did all my freinds. It wasn’t dangerous, it was fun…”

“I used to juggle knives all the time as a child with my friend’s knives and with mine, as did all my freinds. It wasn’t dangerous, it was fun…”

Local koban will suffice, but it’s got to have a registration sticker regardless. (When you buy the bike at a shop, it’s automatically registered for you. When you move, you have to do it yourself.)

Committing crimes is hilarious. Your friend is exemplary.

Even if they were mistakenly under the impression that riding double was legal (it’s not – http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ek20070123wh.html), their reaction was very much illegal. Not only could they now be ticketed for illegally riding a bicycle, they can also be charged with assaulting an officer and indecency.

John K – You’re so insistent that riding double is not a crime, when it very much is defined as one. Are you simply rejecting reality and substituting your own?

It’s not anecdotal evidence, it’s an explanation of laws in answer to a question. It’s also from the Japan Times, and I find that they don’t typically just dream up laws to report on.

Just because you are unaware of something doesn’t invalidate its existence.

For the record,

http://www.reiki.metro.tokyo.jp/reiki_honbun/g1012199001.html

(1)　乗車人員の制限は、次のとおりとする。
　ア　二輪の自転車には、運転者以外の者を乗車させないこと。
　イ　二輪の自転車以外の軽車両には、その軽車両に本来設けられている乗車装置に応じた人員を超える人員を乗車させないこと。

How to bullshit with statistics:
“Japan also has far more cycling fatalities than the U.S., despite having less than half as many people.”

Sure they do. But seriously, does anyone think for a minute that the number of cyclists in the US is anywhere near that of Japan?

Anyway, John, if you truly insist on being picky and not doing any research yourself, would the Cabinet Office of Japan be an authoritative enough source for you?
http://www.cao.go.jp/
See the law here:
二人乗りの禁止
　自転車の二人乗りは、各都道府県公安委員会規則に基づき、６歳未満の子供を乗せるなどの場合を除き、原則として禁止されている。
【該当規定】道路交通法第55条第１項／第57条第２項
【罰則】５万円以下の罰金／２万円以下の罰金又は科料
http://www8.cao.go.jp/koutu/taisaku/bicycle/bicycle_h19.html

I didn’t know the law until I looked it up using google after having read this article here. So, I’ve known about it for a whopping 24 hours.

The Overthinker was confused by the claim that you had to register with “town hall”, when really it’s just the local koban, which he knew about.

I didn’t compare riding a bike to playing with knives and guns, I simply pointed out your argument as being a fallacy; that you weren’t hurt doing something as a child does not mean that it’s safe to do.

Bungy jumping, skydiving, and motor racing involve designated areas where the only person who could get hurt is the person who chooses to do the activity, or the spectators who make a conscience decision to attend the event. Riding a bike double on the street can result in the injury of an innocent third-party. It’s the same reason that in motor sports you can break the speed limit, while driving on a public street you can’t.

“Are you saying he has also not researched this or know about the basic rules of owning a bicycle in Japan?”

The key difference here is that while I do not claim to know everything about Japan, when presented with a new fact I don’t sit back and say stuff like “but so far I’ve only seen local Tokyo laws presented” and not attempt to research them myself. This stance is a challenge – “prove it! Or it’s just anecdote!” type stuff – and does not indicate sincerity. You’ve settled in Japan well enough to be building a house, so presumably you can read the language. I found the relevant quote just by a quick Google search.

“Your implication is that, you know the rule, so why doesn’t everyone else?? And when someone simply enquires and asks questions or even questions the statement your assumption is that one is not doing research or one is deviant, because they do not live their lives they way you do.”

My implication is nothing of the kind. My implication, and it is more than a mere implication, is that getting off your arse and looking it up for yourself rather than going on about “(not that Im saying they don’t exist..just haven’t seen them cited).
Unless an amusing story made into a newspaper article is law, oopps that’s an anecdote!” is lazy. You don’t know of them – fine. Where did I say you should *know* them, as opposed to look them up? You are told something you have not heard of. Fine. You find it potentially suspicious. Great. What’s the next step? Demand more and more proof and complain that it’s not national-level when offered, or take a look for yourself? Now, unless you assume that I actually typed in that quote from the Cabinet Office from memory, you can see that I did some research to clarify the letter of the law. Why waste time asking questions when the answer is so easy to find?

I never meant to even justify the existence of the law. I couldn’t care less if people ride double on bikes. I was just pointing out that you seem to have an agenda in having us find definitive sources for you, when you could have found them yourself. They were always there. They weren’t hiding!

That you are trying to invalidate the law because you think it’s superfluous isn’t necessary, just as I don’t try to refute the idea of not being able to make a left-turn in Japan on a red light. I could go on and on about how many right-turns I made in California on red lights, and prove with my driving history that I never got in an accident doing so, and even point out that it’s completely legal there. But this doesn’t change the law in Japan. You can’t turn left on a red light, no matter how clear the road is or how safe you feel it would be to do so. You’re going to get ticketed. It’s the law.

I don’t know if you are forgetting what you wrote in your previous comments, or if you just aren’t very articulate and therefore your comments are coming off as ambiguous, but you seem to be tripping over your own feet on the issue. Case in point,

John K: “Just because you may know the rule/law doesn’t mean everyone does”

Me: “I didn’t know the law until I looked it up using google after having read this article here. So, I’ve known about it for a whopping 24 hours.”

John K: “I seem to be repeating myself here, where do I say this??”

What I was saying was that I didn’t know the law at all, but that I could find it easily enough, just as anyone (including yourself) could have. And not knowing the law doesn’t make it inapplicable. It’s an obligation of citizens to know the laws. If you own a bike, you are required to know the laws that govern their operation.