Woman suspected of violating traffic law for riding an electric suitcase
Woman suspected of violating traffic law for riding an electric suitcase
Police in Japan have sent papers to prosecutors concerning a woman under suspicion of violating the Road Traffic Act for allegedly riding an "electric suitcase" on a sidewalk without a license.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/23992689
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The woman is reportedly denying the charges saying during voluntary questioning that she was not aware that the suitcase is a vehicle that requires a driver's license.
When you start to realize that there could be too many laws on the books.
She was scootin' around on one of these. Here is another link, of Marques Brownlee giving specs and driving one.
That's not really a suit case though. That's a foldable bike.
I guess you are right, my bad. Still the commercial for it is hilarious.
For anyone who doesn’t want to watch a YouTube video, here are images: https://japantoday.com/category/crime/motorized-suitcase-rider-referred-to-prosecutors-for-1st-time
This is the purest form of battery-on-wheels I can imagine and I find this highly amusing.
Except the one Marques has can go 15mph, or about 24kph, almost twice that of the one in the article.
My bad.
It has a max speed of 13 kph, that's practically crawling. And she was on a sidewalk. This is just much ado about nothing
Since wind does riding an ebike require a license?
If it can accelerate without pedal-assist, it's not an ebike in many jurisdictions, likely including Japan.
Japan might not have a category for e-bikes. The article says the suitcase was considered a motorbike.
Since legislators realized that mopeds had been invented.
Smh that's clearly a class 0.5 ebike and drivers just need to share the road /s
