r/nottheonion • u/PaigeWylderOwO • 4d ago

Japan's first strike! Chinese woman was prosecuted for riding an electric suitcase on the streets of Osaka

https://www.laitimes.com/en/article/6unag_7azke.html

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u/dontmindifididdlydo 4d ago

woman, who is in her 30s and an international student living in Osaka's Hohana district

the woman was riding in an electric suitcase with a maximum speed of 13 km/h, so it was an electric bicycle (light motorcycle), and the rider required a driving licence, but the woman failed to show it, and was prosecuted

so this has absolutely fuck all to do with the fact that she's chinese

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u/cryo_burned 3d ago

an electric suitcase with a maximum speed of 13 km/h, so it was an electric bicycle (light motorcycle

An electric bicycle that goes slower at it's maximum speed than a person in good shape can jog is considered a light motorcycle?

That law is the real crime here lol. Imagine getting passed up by people on foot then getting a speeding ticket, let alone sent to jail for no license

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u/SeanTYH 3d ago

Probably bad translation. Rather than light motorcycle, it should be more of a scooter. Though regardless the law isn’t the issue here.

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u/dontmindifididdlydo 3d ago

Rather than light motorcycle, it should be more of a scooter

isn't a scooter.... just a light motorcycle?

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u/SeanTYH 3d ago

Probably. But when I hear the word motorcycle, it gives me the impression that it is more powerful than a scooter which doesn’t go as fast