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wagyl wrote:I'm guessing that maybe she doesn't have any way for another person to get her International Driver's Licence and for example post it to you, ready for you to forward to her (I'm further guessing that her problem is more than that she will be on the move and can't predict where she will be when the letter arrives in Japan).
GomiGirl wrote:wagyl wrote:I'm guessing that maybe she doesn't have any way for another person to get her International Driver's Licence and for example post it to you, ready for you to forward to her (I'm further guessing that her problem is more than that she will be on the move and can't predict where she will be when the letter arrives in Japan).
Thank you for this information.
You are correct - apparently there is nobody that can access her house in the UK while she is here.
If she does get stopped what is likely to happen to her?
She might have to see if somebody can drive her back to Tokyo when she is returning. She is currently in Inaka and confined to a friendly local community. Driving around there will be fine. It is the 7 hour trip back to Tokyo that she is worried about. She has never been stopped by the cops here - EVER - but sods law states that the one time will be when she doesn't have the right paperwork.
wagyl wrote:However, Japan has decided that it does require International Driver's Permits, even though UK driver's licences are (for now! still) in EU format, standard across 28 countries and many languages.
Idiot at the UK embassy wrote:An IDP is only valid for use in Japan for one year regardless of its date of expiry.
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If you intend to stay in Japan for longer than one year, you should apply for a Japanese driving licence.
Russell wrote:Google shows me a maximum of 300,000 Yen fine and a 1-year prison sentence, and even deportation is possible.
Here is a link. I didn't read it in detail, but I get the impression that the only option she has is to convert her British license into a Japanese license. I do not know how much time that takes, and if it is even possible for a non-resident.
wagyl wrote:Maximum penalties are three years imprisonment, or 500,000 Yen (You might see one year, 300,000 yen online including in the English language materials from keishicho but penalties increased in December 2013).
kurogane wrote:The key to not being pulled over is to drive like me, not like Matsuki/Ch@ko: also known as driving like a granny.
legion wrote:take the train
wagyl wrote:legion wrote:take the train
I would too, but I am assuming that there is the requirement to deliver the car back to Tokyo at the end of the project.
GomiGirl wrote:wagyl wrote:legion wrote:take the train
I would too, but I am assuming that there is the requirement to deliver the car back to Tokyo at the end of the project.
Yes - it is my bloody car. I kinda want it back.
matsuki wrote:I had a patrol car kyu brake and both officers wind their necks around at me last night while coming back some...in Nerima, at a fucking stoplight. I must look so menacing in a minivan. I thought for sure I was getting pulled over without legit reason again but lucky for both of us...they moved on. I wouldn't risk driving here without a the standard license translation for a number of reasons.
FG Lurker wrote:I really wonder what you do to attract so much attention from the cops.
FG Lurker wrote:I didn't do anything odd in these situations or fake not being able to speak Japanese. I just talked to the cops like humans and was apologetic for whatever I'd done.
wagyl wrote:FG Lurker wrote:I really wonder what you do to attract so much attention from the cops.
He carries trouble around in his pendulous testicles. This has been established many years ago.
Or, to quote the police in the video Take linked, 'poi'su ne.FG Lurker wrote:I didn't do anything odd in these situations or fake not being able to speak Japanese. I just talked to the cops like humans and was apologetic for whatever I'd done.
Unfortunately, being polite and apologetic didn't get me a warning for my 18 Km/h over the limit. But Hokkaido police do have a reputation with out of prefecture number plates -- and these were out of prefecture rental plates. We southerners apparently must be taught a lesson, and beautiful straight roads with pastures of clover and holsteins either side, and no intersections, still require you to drive at 60, so the locals can overtake you at 90.
But hey, I'm no longer bitter about it. I got my gold licence back again, eventually.
wagyl wrote:But hey, I'm no longer bitter about it. I got my gold licence back again, eventually.
legion wrote:get the train and drive it back
Grumpy Gramps wrote:legion wrote:get the train and drive it back
+1, you help a good friend, you help a good cause and you get a nice day out of the office. And you get your car back.
GomiGirl wrote:wagyl wrote:legion wrote:take the train
I would too, but I am assuming that there is the requirement to deliver the car back to Tokyo at the end of the project.
Yes - it is my bloody car. I kinda want it back.
kurogane wrote:'Member that old joke about everybody else being an A'hole? The smart $5 says you were driving like you (witlessly badly) or they had just been transferred from Tottori.
It was probably your driving. As Others have pointed out, you are from LA.
FG Lurker wrote:I really wonder what you do to attract so much attention from the cops. I am not a conservative or slow driver, yet I've had very few issues with the police in my ~20 years in Japan.
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I didn't do anything odd in these situations or fake not being able to speak Japanese. I just talked to the cops like humans and was apologetic for whatever I'd done.
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