Actress Ai Takabe becomes honorary police chief for a day

Wednesday 24th September, 10:45 AM JST

TOKYO —

Actress Ai Takabe, 20, on Tuesday became an honorary police chief for the day at Ikebukuro police station in Tokyo to raise public awareness for safe driving.

Takabe, who is currently studying for her license at a driving school, said, “I will be careful when I drive after I get my license. I wish everyone would drive safely because there are many elderly people on the roads.”

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timeon at 01:20 PM JST - 24th September

arrest me!
chibaman at 02:29 PM JST - 24th September

I will be careful when I drive after I get my license, but until then I will continue to be a ditz and be equally as dangerous as the oldies.
Nessie at 02:37 PM JST - 24th September

I hear they're trying this "...for a day" idea with the PM position.
jerseyboy at 02:38 PM JST - 24th September

techall...Catching Hawker's killer may be asking too much. But maybe she can catch that pesky monkey that keeps eluding the local keystone cops.
blauereiter at 02:42 PM JST - 24th September

Is that a Benny Hill salute?

LOL.
romulus3 at 02:43 PM JST - 24th September

I wish she would pat me down and discover my concealed weapon.
DBC at 02:52 PM JST - 24th September

VIVA LA FRANCE! says Ai Takabe.
soldave at 04:31 PM JST - 24th September

Nessie - I hope so. I'd love to see Hard Gay go on an international diplomacy mission.
Kameleon at 06:02 PM JST - 24th September

I wish everyone would drive safely because there are many elderly people on the roads.

And other drivers duh... I guess when there aren't any elderly people it's alright to drive crazily, yeah, that's it...
stanoue at 08:35 PM JST - 24th September

Hey - this photo shows, those police uniforms flatter NOONE!
Sarge at 09:16 PM JST - 24th September

That is an excellent salute!

"Takabe, who is currently studying for her license at a driving school"

Why the heck does everyone study for their license at these insanely expensive driving schools here? Heck, in my hometown in the States, nobody went to a driving school. We all got our permits and practiced driving with our fathers or mothers or older siblings and then took our test for our licenses.
Starke at 09:33 PM JST - 24th September

Because it is more like a memory test and the only people who know the sequence are the driving school instructors.
Richard_the_First at 12:00 AM JST - 26th September

It's a money making scam. All 18 year olds do it, pouring billions of yen in to the economy.
akaguma at 01:23 AM JST - 26th September

do we have to drive carefully because octogenarian taro and his yoda-double wife are driving recklessly?
techall at 12:45 PM JST - 26th September

"Yoda-double wife", I like that!