Sun 2008/02/24 07:03
Member Ninja Mari talks about the proposed new bicycle laws in Japan which will ban listening to music, holding an umbrella, riding on the sidewalk/pavement, sticking kids on the front and back of the bicycle and ringing the bell repeatedly. Most Japanese folk don't like ringing the bell anyway and ride silently behind you slowly while wobbling left to right or screech their brakes at you causing you to loose 50,000 brain cells. That reminds me, still haven't seen Nasuko...
Posted on Sun 2008/02/24 07:03 by
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Hotdog Repairman
Are you allowed to ride wearing stormtrooper armor blaring the imperial march thru your rolly? That better than a bell.
(ID #31673) Posted on 2008/02/24 22:13
CEO MIrai Inc
Was thinking of shooting a vid with armor on the bike actually ^^;
(ID #31674) Posted on 2008/02/24 22:15
Part trooper, part -timer, 100% loser...
LOL, that would be a sight to see... Quick Danny, shoot a vid of you riding on a bike before those dudes make some rule about banning storm troopers from riding bikes...
(ID #31725) Posted on 2008/02/24 23:54
Video Editor / Sound Designer / DJ
Huh? Riding your your bike on the sidewalk is actually ALREADY illegal in Japan - its just EVERYBODY does it! Holding an umbrella IS ALSO illegal while riding a bike, and you can get fined Y100,000 for that. Of course, the only person I know to get busted for that was a gai-jin. Welcome to Japan.
(ID #31796) Posted on 2008/02/25 04:40
danny get together with a friend. you in stormtrooper, your friend in vader. light saber fight on bicycle
(ID #31806) Posted on 2008/02/25 05:48
Polytechnic Senior, Bronze Lifesaving Trainee, Mech Designer, Pokemon Indexer.
Modern-day semi sci-fic calvary battle?
(ID #31943) Posted on 2008/02/25 14:41
^@Danny If you want to ride your bike you'd have to get one of the tie-figher pilot cosumes. lol
(ID #32000) Posted on 2008/02/25 16:53
Sean, so Japanese people have to invest in those "umbrellas on circlets" or be soaked to death in the worst cases?
(ID #32079) Posted on 2008/02/25 21:35
I was expecting this as the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsMHPsyfPoE Also I'm not so sire about the use of bicycle bells being ineffective in Japan: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnL4fjMzsSU
(ID #31719) Posted on 2008/02/24 23:40
Online Shop
Some people ride on old bicycle that makes screech noise on their brakes and that always freaks me out >_< But new law with no listening music seems little weird to me. Is that because people can't hear car horn or something?
(ID #31745) Posted on 2008/02/25 00:53
Well if they do listen to music via headphones, it would be understandable.
(ID #31752) Posted on 2008/02/25 01:20
Never seen so many laws to ride a bicycle. I think it's almost 8 years since I ride for the last time, kind of sad since is pretty cool to ride one.
(ID #31776) Posted on 2008/02/25 02:43
ひきこもり/Hikikomori. Suits my current state more than a 大学生/University Student. ^^
The bridge in the picture looks a bit like the bridge where Aya fell in 1 Litre of Tears, especially with those bikes parking ^^
(ID #31778) Posted on 2008/02/25 03:01
Japanese Student
It was taken in Kyoto. I forget the name of the bridge but according to the guide, it's pretty well known...
(ID #31841) Posted on 2008/02/25 08:37
Ban listening to music? Uh... that's a little harsh and seems unneccesary.
(ID #31791) Posted on 2008/02/25 03:50
Student
MACdaddy i agree i think that rule should be scrapped otherwise itts a dark day for the Ipod generation in japan
(ID #32067) Posted on 2008/02/25 20:59
University Student.
This is bad news for me! I always listen to my music when cycling, and when I move to Japan I intend to make cycling one of my main transportation. What's wrong with listening to music? I still could listen to the horning of cars and am still alert to the surrounding.
(ID #31801) Posted on 2008/02/25 05:20
Japanese Student
Thanks for the feature, Danny!
(ID #31843) Posted on 2008/02/25 08:38
Afro-ed Student
Deng. I can't even RIDE a bicycle D: Didn't have/haven't had one since I was a kid. Only ever rode tricycles ^^; (Unless scooters and in-line skates count for something)
(ID #31925) Posted on 2008/02/25 13:50
Polytechnic Senior, Bronze Lifesaving Trainee, Mech Designer, Pokemon Indexer.
Singapore has almost the same situation, but because of a few people, the government made a grace period for the bikers to see if they could be more considerate. Thanks to a few idiots who would rather ring the damned bell furiously than cut even a tiny bit of their speed, that period was thrown out of the window.
(ID #31944) Posted on 2008/02/25 14:44
五〇一軍团 TK8316 Singapore Garrison Public Relations Officer
remember folks, no sleeping on the bicycle wile riding as well. ('~')
(ID #31986) Posted on 2008/02/25 16:07
IT, Programmer, Otaku, ...
I love this new law: no more riding on the pavement/sidewalk! Finally I can walk on the sidewalk in Japan while not having to constantly look behind me when I go left or right, just to avoid these silent devils riding your heels off. I get chills when I remember the screeching brakes...
(ID #32011) Posted on 2008/02/25 17:52
Dropping computers, starting all over again at Journalism
I heard and saw some pretty interesting sights in japan regarding bycicles. Huge parkng lots filled with tons of bikes... wonder how people find their bikes inside that mess. :P Also, I heard from some people living there, that it's kinda common for people to abandon bikes. Specially if they get a ticket or something for parking them on places they shouldn't. True Danny?
(ID #32047) Posted on 2008/02/25 20:15
Ha, it's really rare to see somebody riding a bicycle while holding an umbrella here. I've done that, because don't like getting wet, but I'm quite sure that people think it as somehow weird. There are no special bicycle laws here, but you shouldn't ride drunken or among walking people on the sidewalk. Luckily in many places one half on the sidewalk is for walking people and other side for those riding a bicycle.
(ID #32069) Posted on 2008/02/25 21:04
Lol, the music part reminds me of a guy that used to drive his bike around my neighborhood and he had a radio blaring in the front basket all the time.
(ID #32367) Posted on 2008/02/26 20:27
Grocery Store Clerk
That si dumb. It si just like the Helmet law in Michigan.
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