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mad_asshatter@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months ago

Woman suspected of violating traffic law for riding an electric suitcase

www3.nhk.or.jp

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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 · 10 months 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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  • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    The audacity of that woman!

    • OpenStars@discuss.online
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      img

      • MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de
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        10 months ago

        I need that shirt.

        • OpenStars@discuss.online
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          It seems to be really well thought out. Like the original meme is nice too:

          img

          But would be a lot of paint that would flake off easily so the above design looks like it would work much better for a shirt:-).

          • nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de
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            Bring back 1970s iron-ons!

            • OpenStars@discuss.online
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              And clothing that lasts for more than at least one year, sheesh!

              But were people allowed to say “bitch” back then? Truly we have advanced in so many ways!:-)

              • nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de
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                Oh yeah definitely not. I’d have been grounded for weeks even in the 80s.

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                  This is when you would respond “Bitch, I said what I said” (Doja Cat, Paint the Town Red), right?! Hrmm… me neither:-P.

    • mad_asshatter@lemmy.worldOP
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      Carrying on on her carry on, like a carrion.

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    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.

    When you start to realize that there could be too many laws on the books.

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

    • jol@discuss.tchncs.de
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      That’s not really a suit case though. That’s a foldable bike.

      • Carl@sh.itjust.works
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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

    • hark@lemmy.world
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      This is the purest form of battery-on-wheels I can imagine and I find this highly amusing.

    • Norah (pup/it/she)
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      Except the one Marques has can go 15mph, or about 24kph, almost twice that of the one in the article.

      • Carl@sh.itjust.works
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        My bad.

  • AwesomeLowlander@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    It has a max speed of 13 kph, that’s practically crawling. And she was on a sidewalk. This is just much ado about nothing

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    Since wind does riding an ebike require a license?

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      If it can accelerate without pedal-assist, it’s not an ebike in many jurisdictions, likely including Japan.

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      Japan might not have a category for e-bikes. The article says the suitcase was considered a motorbike.

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      Since legislators realized that mopeds had been invented.

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    Smh that’s clearly a class 0.5 ebike and drivers just need to share the road /s

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