Japanese traffic signals and other driving fun

[Coligny]

The thing that worries me a bit is that these kids flip the bird because they've seen it on TV or in the movies and think it's just a light-hearted dismissal at worst, not realising that if at some point they travel overseas and do the same thing in a neighbourhood where it's seen as a challenge to the recipient's manhood or honor, or whatever it is that people who think like that think it is, they could very well find themselves on the wrong end of a serious ass-whuppin' or worse.

99.9% of these people won't travel, how do you educate that?

And if they do, they can at least get a Darwin award out of it.

Hey fucker, that's MY LINE.

[matsuki]

RE: Undercover pah-toe-kah

I got lit up from the other night in a tunnel...wasn't going unreasonably fast or anything. I slowed, as did everyone else....only to be passed by the black crown with blacked out windows, some sort of driving recorder up front, and some otaku-looking fucking in plain clothes...is this some sort of undercover detective or a scam or what? It had all the police red LEDs on the interior, no pop-up light up top so my first guess was a dude faking the funk but everyone behind him slowed as well and I didn't get the best look...

[Coligny]

Black car, black window, dude in civies, beacon only inside. That makes a lot when taken together...

Usually in all the you tube videos:

they have reds behind the front grill.
Car White or silver.
No smoked windows...

[matsuki]

My thoughts exactly...but is there even a charge for impersonating law enforcement here? I mean, the typical "KB" uniform is like cop cosplay...

[Samurai_Jerk]

My thoughts exactly...but is there even a charge for impersonating law enforcement here? I mean, the typical "KB" uniform is like cop cosplay...

I'm sure impersonating an officer is completely legal in Japan. You're right about the security guards. I've never seen them wear police-like uniforms anywhere else in the world.

[Coligny]

And the oyajis driven panda cars with a blue beacon on the roof...

Those guys makez mah blood boil...

[matsuki]

Reflective paint...is it just unbareeebaburu in Japan or are they just to cheap to use it? With all this rain, I've almost been side swiped like 50 times the past few days and it's hard to blame the drivers when you can't see where the lanes are.

[Coligny]

Reflective paint...is it just unbareeebaburu in Japan or are they just to cheap to use it? With all this rain, I've almost been side swiped like 50 times the past few days and it's hard to blame the drivers when you can't see where the lanes are.

For the stripes/lane makers ?

I think It is reflective, works great with HIDs bulbs... But that water beats everything at the reflexion game... That's why normal countries have different speed limits for wet roads (between 10 and 20kph less)

[wagyl]

Reflective paint...is it just unbareeebaburu in Japan or are they just to cheap to use it? With all this rain, I've almost been side swiped like 50 times the past few days and it's hard to blame the drivers when you can't see where the lanes are.

At the risk of being told that LA is different from South Carolina, http://www.blueridgenow.com/article/201 ... /130329898 a quick look at real world reporting shows that rain defeats reflective paint.

[Samurai_Jerk]

Reflective paint...is it just unbareeebaburu in Japan or are they just to cheap to use it? With all this rain, I've almost been side swiped like 50 times the past few days and it's hard to blame the drivers when you can't see where the lanes are.

At the risk of being told that LA is different from South Carolina, http://www.blueridgenow.com/article/201 ... /130329898 a quick look at real world reporting shows that rain defeats reflective paint.

Now, now. It's already been clearly established that Japan can't do anything right unlike the utopia he came from.

[wagyl]

Apologies to both North and South Carolina. I mixed the two up.

[matsuki]

To be fair, it was a J-person that suggested the shita-michi paint is non-reflective. I've never had a problem with it til this week. Anyhow, before I cut me a slice of the humble pie in the fridge, I've got one more jab.....with all the rain Japan gets...and all the cement poured and open gutters here, why are we driving through paved rivers?

[wagyl]

Is answering with only an image link contagious?

[matsuki]

Is answering with only an image link contagious?

Yes, I'm asking why this place lacks those artificial channels and tends to flood like crazy when the rain doesn't stop. We got plenty in LA, a place with an average annual rainfall of 38cm.... to Tokyo's 153cm.

[wagyl]

A timely report http://abc7.com/weather/dangerous-weath ... al/976179/

Also, Tokyo has some really cool construction. This video does not do justice to its scale

If you wander around Takadanobaba you will see an old version of the same thing: taking Kanda River underground in a supplementary stream to cope with heavy flows

[matsuki]

A timely report http://abc7.com/weather/dangerous-weath ... al/976179/

A flash-flood warning for the San Gabriel Mountains and Antelope Valley in northeastern L.A. County expired at about 8:30 p.m. The NWS had warned that Lake Los Angeles, Llano, Pearblossom, Littlerock, Falling Springs, Highway 39, Highway 138, Highway 18 and the Angeles Crest Highway could experience flooding.

A flash-flood warning for west central San Bernardino County expired at 7:30 p.m., and a flash-flood warning for Riverside County expired at about 5:30 p.m.

Seems like it but those areas are basically in the middle of the forest/desert where there are few people they haven't cement lined the rivers. I'm talking about downtown and the suburban areas around it.

My friend in Tochigi is dealing with this:



His university parking lot is a fucking lake....

Also, Tokyo has some really cool construction. This video does not do justice to its scale

If you wander around Takadanobaba you will see an old version of the same thing: taking Kanda River underground in a supplementary stream to cope with heavy flows

I swear I saw a video of something like this that was basically catacombs...in Saitama if I remember correctly. So the problem is insufficient channeling to these underground flood controls?

[wagyl]

The problem is that you have too much hard surface and no runoff into dirt. Cement is in fact the wrong answer, unless you have somewhere for that cement entrapped water to go. Topographically, much of the Tokyo region is a very low-lying delta with a fairly large catchment, and as you recognise intense rain periods. If you would just have less roads and less houses and less concreted rivers, things would be better. I suggest the first step would be to identify 50% of the population to be either moved to somewhere else or executed, before returning half of the housing stock and half of the roads to agricultural land.

[matsuki]

I suggest the first step would be to identify 50% of the population to be either moved to somewhere else or executed, before returning half of the housing stock and half of the roads to agricultural land.

You got my vote

[wagyl]

As an example, your picture of Sengendai Station, is in a flat plain with many river courses, at 8 metres above sea level, about 35 or 40 Km from the outlet of the river in Tokyo Bay. You are asking a lot for water to flow at that gradient. And it looks like you guys got a lot of water.

[Salty]

I suggest the first step would be to identify 50% of the population to be either moved to somewhere else or executed, before returning half of the housing stock and half of the roads to agricultural land.

That was Aso`s proposal for retirees.

[matsuki]

I suggest the first step would be to identify 50% of the population to be either moved to somewhere else or executed, before returning half of the housing stock and half of the roads to agricultural land.

That was Aso`s proposal for retirees.

Totally on board as long as he's the first to go

[Salty]

I suggest the first step would be to identify 50% of the population to be either moved to somewhere else or executed, before returning half of the housing stock and half of the roads to agricultural land.

That was Aso`s proposal for retirees.

Totally on board as long as he's the first to go

I have already done my part....

[Takechanpoo]

my musashino upland is the most peaceful place in kanto region

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no flood disasters since i was born.

[Coligny]

Which explain why you still live in a blue tarp shack under a bridge.

Sometimes a flood is good to clean out the sidewalk turds...

[matsuki]

my musashino upland is the most peaceful place in kanto region

Definitely doesn't flood here but not sure if I'd describe it as peaceful...

[matsuki]

Almost turned a jiji on a mamachari into roadkill this morning...I thought the walking dead were bad enough, on bicycles, it's even worse.

Good thing I was paying attention but it was one of those WTF moments. Stopped at an intersection...light went green, as soon as I crossed the intersection this jiji about 10 meters ahead busts this slow motion U-turn from the opposite side of the street right into traffic. Had to brake fast to avoid hitingt the fucker as he was literally coming right at me. The guy on the scooter next to me nearly ate shit as he attempted to pass me on the left and had to slam his brakes not to hit the jiji.

[Coligny]

They really need to legalize murder...

[Salty]

Almost turned a jiji on a mamachari into roadkill this morning...I thought the walking dead were bad enough, on bicycles, it's even worse.

Good thing I was paying attention but it was one of those WTF moments. Stopped at an intersection...light went green, as soon as I crossed the intersection this jiji about 10 meters ahead busts this slow motion U-turn from the opposite side of the street right into traffic. Had to brake fast to avoid hitingt the fucker as he was literally coming right at me. The guy on the scooter next to me nearly ate shit as he attempted to pass me on the left and had to slam his brakes not to hit the jiji.

I had nearly the exact same experience - but with a HSer. Coming down hill toward me at great speed but on the other side of the road, he decided to cut across 3 lanes into my lane just as I crossed the intersection. If I hadn’t slammed on the brakes, and if the scooter behind and to my left hadn’t done the same, he would have been a grease spot at best. Then the fucker speed off. If only shot guns were legal....

[Samurai_Jerk]

Shotguns are legal.

[Salty]

Shotguns are legal.

Great... I`ll pick one up at the nearest combini next time I am out...