Reckless cyclists in Japan will be subject to a new penalty system starting next April. And the National Police Agency has released a rulebook to help people get up to speed with the changes.<\/p>\n
Minor violations will be subject to “blue ticket” fines of between 3,000 and 12,000 yen. Police will basically respond to first-time offenders with guidance or a warning, and issue the tickets for repeat transgressions.<\/p>\n
The blue tickets apply to people aged 16 or older and will be issued for 113 violations. Offenders who pay will not face criminal punishment.<\/p>\n
Tickets will be issued immediately for aggressive or dangerous acts. They include using a cell phone while cycling, which will be subject to a fine of 12,000 yen, or about 82 dollars.<\/p>\n
Entering a railroad crossing when the barriers are down will result in a fine of 7,000 yen, or about 48 dollars.<\/p>\n
Cyclists must use roads, in principle. People riding on sidewalks will be given guidance or a warning. But transgressions such as speeding and impeding pedestrians could be liable for a blue ticket.<\/p>\n
Cycling while drunk or under the influence of alcohol will still result in a “red ticket” and criminal prosecution. Tailgating and traffic violations resulting in accidents will also be prosecuted.<\/p>\n
The rulebook, written in Japanese, can be found on the National Police Agency website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Reckless cyclists in Japan will be subject to a new penalty system starting next April. And the National…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":122599,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[569],"tags":[1724,64,63,86319,784,941,86320,44,32363,86323,86324,86325,86322,6216,86321,86326,85,1996,1720],"class_list":["post-122598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-asia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-biz","tag-cycling","tag-japan","tag-japan-broadcasting-corporation","tag-news","tag-nhk","tag-nhk-world","tag-nhk-world-premium","tag-nhk-world-tv","tag-nhkworld","tag-nuclear","tag-public-broadcaster","tag-radio-japan","tag-sports","tag-tech","tag-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122598"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122598\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/122599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}