Japanese traffic signals and other driving fun

[wuchan]

what about those black livery sedans that are always parked on the street in ginza?

[Samurai_Jerk]

In Asakusa they're parking deep in the area behind Sensoji that's mainly residences and mom and pop shops and generally doesn't get tourists so it's pissing people off. My friend lives in a big house over there and I passed out drunk after our shinnenkai. The next morning I popped out the front door directly into a crowd of Chinese tourists exiting the bus parked in front of his place. They looked just as surprised to see my as I did them.

[Takechanpoo]

its a problem caused by j-travel agents rather than chinese.

[inflames]

In Osaka they always park on Nagahori dori to the east of the Shinsaibashi shotengai - tons of Chinese tourists there blocking everything.

Cops should just stand by and ticket the buses - in the US, places have no issues ticketing Fedex or UPS vans (and the companies consider it a cost of doing business). This behavior won't change until they starting having to pay.

[Coligny]

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[wuchan]

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the American school bus is the only modern vehicle designed to allow the occupants to bounce around inside during a crash without sustaining major injuries. The color is also bespoke, it is a result of a very extensive study that determined the most noticeable color to the human eye.

But you are a car guy so you probably already know that.

In Osaka they always park on Nagahori dori to the east of the Shinsaibashi shotengai - tons of Chinese tourists there blocking everything.

Cops should just stand by and ticket the buses - in the US, places have no issues ticketing Fedex or UPS vans (and the companies consider it a cost of doing business). This behavior won't change until they starting having to pay.

In the states UPS and FEDeX have flat rate deals with major cities that reduces parking tickets to under $1.

[matsuki]

More safety driving by the boys in buruuuuu

[Wage Slave]

Well they got the fucker, didn't they?

[Coligny]

That monster just murdereded the yellow line, he's lucky they didn't shoot first... While he was waiting for the green light...
Had once one of those fucker cut in front of me from the opposite lane without beacons or turn signal. For a case of schoolgirls double riding on a bicycle. Too bad I was too late to turn back on their ass and call a patrol on their asses... But lucky i still had mah rear bumper, it was a 50kph straight country road where usually everyone go 70 and the line behind me was getting pissed off, pitchfork and all...

[Wage Slave]

But he was driving a Prius! Reason enough already I reckon. Pull out the stops lads!

[matsuki]

You'd think it was a drug bust by the way they go after him with reckless abandon for others....all for crossing a solid yellow line. I know I feel safer this dangerous Prius driving criminal has a point on his record...

[kurogane]

That guy drives a Prius. Probably a baby raper too. I felt more sorry for that yearling black bear that got body slammed by the crane truck. He's probably not going to make it in the long term, but he sure bounced back fast. Poor driver, too. I betcha his seat took a whole bottle of Febreez to get the stink out of that.

[Samurai_Jerk]

More safety driving by the boys in buruuuuu

Even the cops don't move for an ambulance here. Nice.

[matsuki]

優先順位...the amba-lamps can wait, this heinous traffic offender must be ticketed at all costs!

[Wage Slave]

Actually, many drivers here are not nearly alert enough to the emergency services. In London if you catch a glimpse of blue lights or a snippet of siren you had better respond by getting the hell out of the way - and fast. Especially if it's the police. They are not messing around. The driver of the car that almost hit the police car and delayed the police in the execution of their duty was half asleep at the wheel, has a lousy attitude and has been inadequately trained.

[matsuki]

Actually, many drivers here are not nearly alert enough to the emergency services. In London if you catch a glimpse of blue lights or a snippet of siren you had better respond by getting the hell out of the way - and fast. Especially if it's the police. They are not messing around.

I agree...I've been honked at by impatient assholes when pulling to the side and stopping for ambulances here.

The driver of the car that almost hit the police car and delayed the police in the execution of their duty was half asleep at the wheel, has a lousy attitude and has been inadequately trained.

Ehhhhh, watch again...the cop pulls out and flies across several lanes, the driver of the car the cop almost hit was probably shocked at this patrol car coming out of nowhere. This is obviously a really fucked police "trap" where the police car is positioned out of sight....and needs to cut off traffic across several lanes and break the very same laws to apprehend the targets. Over complicated, unsafe...not to mention unnecessary when you have the other officer hiding at the intersection. (or cameras....but that would involve some sort of police transparency)

[chibaka]

Not sure the roof will get cleaned.....

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[matsuki]

....or the rack will make it out intact.

[Russell]

How bad government might create bad drivers

Tired of bad drivers on the road? Maybe you should blame bad government.

That idea comes from an interesting new theory put out by James O'Malley at the blog CityMetric. After bad experiences with drivers in Romania, O'Malley wondered if the country's historically tumultuous governance had anything to do with it. So he looked at data for traffic deaths — a logical proxy for people's driving skills — and respect in the rule of law.

He found a strong correlation between traffic deaths and scores given by the World Justice Project on rule of law, which grades countries based on surveys with 100,000 people and 2,400 experts on dozens of indicators:



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Hmm, Japan has not too many traffic deaths. Does that mean it has a good government? I think they should not talk about government, but about governance.

[matsuki]

Change the fucking law already!!! This is sooo messed up....

TOKYO —
A 7-month-old baby boy, strapped in a baby carrier on his mother’s back, was killed after a car hit the bicycle the woman was riding on, knocking them to the sidewalk, in Tokyo on Friday.

Police arrested the driver of the car, a 25-year-old woman, on a charge of reckless driving resulting in death.

According to police, the incident occurred at around 10 a.m. in Kokubunji, Tokyo, Fuji TV reported. Police said Fumie Yamada, 33, was riding her bike, with the baby in a carrier on her back. As she crossed the street in between cars waiting at the traffic lights, she was hit by a car coming from the left. The impact knocked Yamada off her bike.

Police said the baby sustained a head injury. He was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead. The mother suffered a light injury.

http://www.japantoday.com/category/crim ... cle-by-car

Video: https://twitter.com/Thanatos0414/status ... 45/video/1

The only one that should be charged with a crime is the mother on the bike....too lazy to cross at an intersection? Just dumb or suicidal? She basically wheeled between two stopped cars in the middle of a street....and was then struck by a car on the other side of the street that, dun dun dun, was coming from the other direction. A dangerous and illegal maneuver with a 7mo baby strapped to you to say the least.

Of course, TIJ so the driver of the car who hit her, incapable of bending space and time to prevent a collision, is arrested and charged with causing death by reckless driving....

The online activist mom? Fat chance she'll get on board a cause that would place responsibility with her and maybe put her in jail for reckless endangerment of a child or manslaughter?
http://anonym2.com/?https://www.facebook.com/foumiyama

If ever there were a case to be made to change the law....

[Russell]

Changing the law won't bring the baby back.

Methinks the mother has been punished enough already...

[matsuki]

Changing the law won't bring the baby back.

Methinks the mother has been punished enough already...

....but it will prevent an innocent driver from being arrested and criminally charged for a death. Her and the baby are the victims. The mother caused all this.

[Wage Slave]

Exactly what kind of fuckwit drives around with his fog lights on in perfectly clear conditions?

[Russell]

Exactly what kind of fuckwit drives around with his fog lights on in perfectly clear conditions?

They should forbid fog lights in Japan, because fog is very rare here.

[Wage Slave]

Exactly what kind of fuckwit drives around with his fog lights on in perfectly clear conditions?

They should forbid fog lights in Japan, because fog is very rare here.

Really. Even in London I think I used them once in about 6 years. Around here it's just stupid to even have them. And on the other hand, almost no-one turns on their sidelights or even headlights when it is pissing with rain - which is common. As are silver cars which do a great job of blending into all that greyness.

[wagyl]

Exactly what kind of fuckwit drives around with his fog lights on in perfectly clear conditions?

They should forbid fog lights in Japan, because fog is very rare here.

For a limited definition of "here." Mine are often necessary.

[Wage Slave]

Exactly what kind of fuckwit drives around with his fog lights on in perfectly clear conditions?

They should forbid fog lights in Japan, because fog is very rare here.

For a limited definition of "here." Mine are often necessary.

If you live in the mountains then yes, they are going to be useful for sure.

[chibaka]

Exactly what kind of fuckwit drives around with his fog lights on in perfectly clear conditions?

75% of the drivers where I live use fog lamps in clear conditions, no one uses lights on rainy or overcast days....
I even asked J friends what is the meaning of フォグ, no fucking idea. フォグランプ apparently are "extra lamps" even though they complain bitterly that they get blinded by oncoming traffic.

[Coligny]

this debate... again...

Typhoon and rain season... rear fog light should be mandatory... they are not...

For people with factory lensed HID. They work only after the first 2 meters for lighting the road. For narrow/cluttered roads where you have to drive slow and careful without foglights you do this in the dark.
Fog light with the properly forward blocked H9/H11 bulbs do not blind. People who put standard HID upgrade without direct front masking will blind others.

[matsuki]

Exactly what kind of fuckwit drives around with his fog lights on in perfectly clear conditions?

75% of the drivers where I live use fog lamps in clear conditions, no one uses lights on rainy or overcast days....
I even asked J friends what is the meaning of フォグ, no fucking idea. フォグランプ apparently are "extra lamps" even though they complain bitterly that they get blinded by oncoming traffic.

Relax relax, everyone knows Japanese drive white cars so the invisible silver/gray cars under those conditions is not a major problem

Like Coligny said though, front fog lights shouldn't be blinding anyone if they're adjusted/installed properly. The rears on the other hand....lately I've seen quite a few faux racecars with some blindingly bright rear fogs....as in you can see it from kms away and it lights up the Forrest around you like something from the X-files. Might work great in the fog but terrible for everyone behind you during regular road conditions.