kringis said...

kringis at 06:03 PM JST - 20th October

Japanese people can't drive. I have lots of Japanese friends who simply do not know the rules of the road. The Japanese Highway Code is a nice little book that virtually everyone gets and then puts away in a drawer and never reads.

The same applies to Japanese cyclists. Kids…

Posted in Man arrested for hit-and-run death of high school student in Ibaraki at 06:03 PM JST - 20th October
kringis at 10:51 PM JST - 17th October

"Ban cars now, under pain of death."

Knives and guns are banned in many countries. Cars are more dangerous than both. In many ways, your sarcasm isn't far off-key. Banning cars would stop thousands of deaths a year. Surely in this modern society with advanced technology that we live in,…

Posted in Passenger in car ordered to pay Y53 mil in fatal drunk driving case at 10:51 PM JST - 17th October
kringis at 10:44 PM JST - 17th October

CavemanLawyer:

A "stupid" law is one that fines you 50 dollars or 20 pounds or 10000 yen for doing something. Any law that can result in a 53 million yen fine, is not a stupid law in the eye of the pragmatist. It makes no sense to break a law…

Posted in Passenger in car ordered to pay Y53 mil in fatal drunk driving case at 10:44 PM JST - 17th October
kringis at 01:26 AM JST - 17th October

CavemanLawyer:

You still miss the point. The law in Japan dictates that any passenger who gets in a car with a drunk person is aiding that person in their crime. They are responsible, and they are giving consent to the driver. We could discuss all day whether that law is…

Posted in Passenger in car ordered to pay Y53 mil in fatal drunk driving case at 01:26 AM JST - 17th October
kringis at 10:29 PM JST - 15th October

CavemanLawyer:

It can in some cases be possible to stop a drunk person driving. In other cases it isn't possible. But in all cases it is possible for a would be passenger to not get in that car, and thus leave the full responsibility of any incident on the driver…

Posted in Passenger in car ordered to pay Y53 mil in fatal drunk driving case at 10:29 PM JST - 15th October
kringis at 04:50 PM JST - 15th October

Excellent. The quicker we get idiots off the road who drive drunk, and get the people out of cars that allow for such a thing to happen, the better.

There's no excuse for sitting in a car with a drunk person. When you get in that car, you should know…

Posted in Passenger in car ordered to pay Y53 mil in fatal drunk driving case at 04:50 PM JST - 15th October
kringis at 05:12 AM JST - 14th October

I like it how there's currently an advertisement on this page (for me anyway) telling you how to "Find your Filipina Beauty today!" Perhaps the Japanese fathers also saw advertisements like that, hmm?

Posted in 13 more Japanese-Filipino children, 14 mothers leave for Japan at 05:12 AM JST - 14th October
kringis at 06:28 PM JST - 12th October

Nobody does. You could get hit by a car tomorrow.

Posted in Group reports rarely heard voices of death row inmates at 06:28 PM JST - 12th October
kringis at 09:13 PM JST - 10th October

Sounds to me to be the typical Japanese fear of foreigners. Very few Japanese hate foreigners and think they're evil. It's usually a fear that they can't communicate with foreigners and don't think they can give them a proper service.

Look at it like this. When a German tourist goes…

Posted in 70% of inns without foreign guests wish to keep it that way: survey at 09:13 PM JST - 10th October
kringis at 11:12 PM JST - 9th October

memyselfI:

I don't drink and drive, but I do drive fast when I'm on windy little country roads. Why? It's fun!

So far, all I've killed is cats. No great loss there.

Posted in Over 1,200 people caught for aiding drunk driving under revised law at 11:12 PM JST - 9th October