Should I want to rent a sportscar (2 seater plus luggage) and drive from
Tokyo to Osaka.
Would anyone be so kind to point out:
Is one way rental possible?
Can I rent a sportscar?
Will the tolls outway the cost of petrol and car rental?
Will it be as much fun as I think it would?
Thanks very much.
Eve'nin.
> Should I want to rent a sportscar (2 seater plus luggage) and drive from
> Tokyo to Osaka.
> Would anyone be so kind to point out:
>
> Is one way rental possible?
Yes
> Can I rent a sportscar?
Yes
> Will the tolls outway the cost of petrol and car rental?
No
> Will it be as much fun as I think it would?
No
> Thanks very much.
HTH
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Did you perchance mean to ask if it would all outweigh the cost of
taking the train? Then... probably yes if one person, maybe no if two.
> Will it be as much fun as I think it would?
>
Could be if you don't take the toll roads. How much time do you have?
Personally I love driving and I've done the Osaka-Tokyo trip a couple of
times; swing around Izu, or go along the Japan Sea (unless you're going
in winter) for a more interesting trip.
John W.
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I hope to do this around early January, and will have a day or so. By
sportscar I mean something sporty i.e. RX7, MR2 - anything with 2 letters
and one numeral in its name should do the trick. Actually, I guess a
sportscar isn't 100% necessary. Just driving in Japan will be an interesting
(I am sure in the most ambiguous way) experience itself.
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>Driving in Japan is a total blast. It's really hard to get a ticket
>actually. The crap you can get away with compared to the states is amazing.
"Get away" with this -
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If any of you are in the Kansai area, I strongly recommend Mt. Rokko and the
surrounding areas. If you've got a good car, that's the place to let it run.
Nothing like that anywhere in the Seattle area.
"Bryan Parker" <puntspe...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> learn the same routes, find out where the cameras are; they are static you
> know, unless they've invented some type of "moveable" camera since I was
> there.
Speed cameras? In Japan? Is this correct?
--
Dave Fossett
Saitama, Japan
>Of course you can't just do it right under their noses.
I kinda had to wait for them to come to me.
>That is your own
>fault.
According to the police, it was 50-50.
>learn the same routes,
The only thing I learned was an expensive fucking
lesson.
>find out where the cameras are; they are static you
>know, unless they've invented some type of "moveable" camera since I was
>there.
>
>If any of you are in the Kansai area, I strongly recommend Mt. Rokko and the
>surrounding areas. If you've got a good car, that's the place to let it run.
>Nothing like that anywhere in the Seattle area.
Do they have fines in excess of $4000, or do they
offer to let you pay off your debt to society by
earning $50/day in prison in the Seattle area?
You wouldn't mind sharing the fine details of this lesson by any chance?
I thought the 15,000 fine I got for doing 104km/hr in what I thought was
a 100 zone on an expressway in Mie (it turned out to be 80) was a bit
steep. A 400,000 fine would mean no sex for months. I'd like to avoid
that if possible.
The cameras are increasingly everywhere - you don't drive much?
I'm not as worried by the cameras as by all the unmarked cars.
>Bryan Parker wrote:
>> "Bryce" <fuk...@takethisout.hotmail.com> said:
>>
>>>learn the same routes,
>>
>> The only thing I learned was an expensive fucking
>> lesson.
>
>You wouldn't mind sharing the fine details of this lesson by any chance?
The lesson - Don't have an accident with a
professional (and I use that term loosely) driver
in Japan.
I had an accident in an intersection in a big
automobile, with a 'speedy delivery' bike. We were
both running lights. OK great, "50/50" the cops
tell us.
What they don't tell you is that there is no such
thing as 50/50 in this country. When the final
report comes out, whoever's name is listed on top
is found to be 51% at fault by the insurance
companies, judges and anybody else that gives a
damn. I drove the bigger car, the other guy got
injured, my name got listed on top. YIPPEE!
I got fined because of the injury. The guy worked
for one of those bike 配達 (haitatsu) companies.
He had one of his buddies there in minutes to
advise him on what to say and do. He was
physically fine (refused offers of an ambulance
from both me, and later the police) until that
&%&$#ing guy arrived. Suddenly, he felt like he
needed one. If I had known how bad his buddy was
ass raping me, they would have needed an extra
ambulance. Over time, more witnesses crawled out
of the woodwork. Of course, none of them
corroborated my story. Wonder where they came
from.
>I thought the 15,000 fine I got for doing 104km/hr in what I thought was
>a 100 zone on an expressway in Mie (it turned out to be 80) was a bit
>steep. A 400,000 fine would mean no sex for months. I'd like to avoid
>that if possible.
Take the prison option and you'll get enough sex
to last ya a lifetime.
>Driving in Japan is a total blast.
Do tell.
>It's really hard to get a ticket
>actually.
That's because they have practically zero traffic cop presence.
>Bryan Parker wrote:
>> "Bryce" <fuk...@takethisout.hotmail.com> said:
>>
>>>learn the same routes,
>>
>> The only thing I learned was an expensive fucking
>> lesson.
>
>You wouldn't mind sharing the fine details of this lesson by any chance?
>
>I thought the 15,000 fine I got for doing 104km/hr in what I thought was
>a 100 zone on an expressway in Mie (it turned out to be 80) was a bit
>steep. A 400,000 fine would mean no sex for months. I'd like to avoid
>that if possible.
Wanna know what a parking ticket in Tokyo costs for a tractor-trailer?
>"Bryce" <fuk...@takethisout.hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> learn the same routes, find out where the cameras are; they are static you
>> know, unless they've invented some type of "moveable" camera since I was
>> there.
>
>Speed cameras? In Japan? Is this correct?
That is indeed correct. And anybody stupid enough to get caught by one
deserves whatever they get. They put signs up several hundred meters
ahead warning you that there are speed cameras ahead, and they're
mounted on massive gantry-looking doohickeys that you can spot with no
trouble at all.
I've seen an unmarked car on the highway once. It seemed to be a
Skyline sedan, and it had pulled someone over to ticket them, before
the entrance of a tunnel.
Including that time, I have seen police on the highway three or four
times in ten years.
I once saw two guys on a motorcycle without helmets go without
stopping at a small unmarked intersection. Red lights suddenly
appeared behind the grille of the sedan waiting behind it. However,
they simply went straight under the railway overpass and got lost
turning behind the pachinko parlor.
> On Wed, 1 Oct 2003 07:28:32 +0900, "Dave Fossett"
> <re...@via.newsgroup> belched the alphabet and kept on going with:
>
> >Speed cameras? In Japan? Is this correct?
>
> That is indeed correct. And anybody stupid enough to get caught by one
> deserves whatever they get. They put signs up several hundred meters
> ahead warning you that there are speed cameras ahead, and they're
> mounted on massive gantry-looking doohickeys that you can spot with no
> trouble at all.
OK, thanks. Shows how little I drive.
One can also see, on occasion, the ones mounted in metal cages next to bypass
intersections, right next to the comically large traffic cones (I'm talking 3
meters tall, folks) in the center of the intersection put there to deter 走り屋
but in reality only pisses off truckers trying to turn.
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>On Mon, 29 Sep 2003 10:02:07 -0700, "Bryce"
Make that "practically zero police presence", period. Most of the kobans in Gifu
are usually dead empty with the lights dimmed. Where do they go? I don't see any
at Mister Donut or anything.
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I learned the hard way though that your insurance (even full coverage) won't
cover your racing accidents up there so make sure you can bankroll it before
you get in too deep.
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>I didn't have sex in prison in Japan. That's weird, I never heard of that.
>Maybe the states?
C'mon now... Are you trying to tell us that you
didn't have to toss even *one* washoku salad?
>Just pay the damn money. In Japan 4,000$ isn't that much. In the states that
>would be something different then.
Yeah, werd up! Too bad my job in the carnival
industry doesn't pay that kind of money.
BTW, what's the average salary of a typical
Japanese businessman in his mid thirties?
>The ticket is just a tax to abuse the
>speed limits. If you can afford to pay it, I figure speed as much as you
>want in Japan. Espcially if you don't have to worry about having points on
>your drivers's license, ie. make sure you have an international license and
>spell your name with katakana differently every time you have business with
>the police, that way they never know who you are.
Uhhh.... No. I wish I had the time to tell you all
the things that are wrong with this.
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"Bryan Parker" <puntspe...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Early 90's I think it was 450,000/month.
>
> >The ticket is just a tax to abuse the
> >speed limits. If you can afford to pay it, I figure speed as much as you
> >want in Japan. Espcially if you don't have to worry about having points
on
> >your drivers's license, ie. make sure you have an international license
and
> >spell your name with katakana differently every time you have business
with
> >the police, that way they never know who you are.
>
> Uhhh.... No. I wish I had the time to tell you all
> the things that are wrong with this.
Well, please get the time and fill us all in!
>> C'mon now... Are you trying to tell us that you
>> didn't have to toss even *one* washoku salad?
>No, it was just rice with seaweed on top and water.
Whoooosh!
--
Bryan
gaijenesis -
noun: the event that is a beginning; a first part or stage
of subsequent events of gaijinhood
>
>"Bryan Parker" <puntspe...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>> "Bryce" <fuk...@takethisout.hotmail.com> said:
>>
>> >Just pay the damn money. In Japan 4,000$ isn't that much. In the states
>that
>> >would be something different then.
>>
>> Yeah, werd up! Too bad my job in the carnival
>> industry doesn't pay that kind of money.
>>
>> BTW, what's the average salary of a typical
>> Japanese businessman in his mid thirties?
>
>Early 90's I think it was 450,000/month.
Have you been in prison for the last 10-20 years?
I can't help but wonder with all of your
references to the 80's and scientific data from
the 90's.
>> >The ticket is just a tax to abuse the
>> >speed limits. If you can afford to pay it, I figure speed as much as you
>> >want in Japan. Espcially if you don't have to worry about having points
>on
>> >your drivers's license, ie. make sure you have an international license
>and
>> >spell your name with katakana differently every time you have business
>with
>> >the police, that way they never know who you are.
>>
>> Uhhh.... No. I wish I had the time to tell you all
>> the things that are wrong with this.
>
>Well, please get the time and fill us all in!
1. I don't know WTF, "The ticket is just a tax to
abuse the speed limits." means.
2. Gaigins get International licenses in there
home countries. The names on them are in English.
3. How does one spell ブライス differently?
"Bryan Parker" <puntspe...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>Man, you are a newbie, aren't you. God bless you.
>Which part didn't you understand?
Probably the same parts I didn't understand. You'll have to excuse us;
we're FOB (Fresh Off the Boeing).
>Man, you are a newbie, aren't you. God bless you.
I've already been blessed with a PHAT GAIGIN SLAB.
>Which part didn't you understand?
Your point. I think I'm starting to get it now
though. Was it... You know stuff?
>Oh! you actually wanted me to address the washoku salad?
>
No, I wanted you to *toss* it. Mine too.
"Bryan Parker" <puntspe...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Good luck. Hope to see you at the Osaka Loop Line Party.
"Bryan Parker" <puntspe...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>Shit. I'm going to give you *both* a couple more years. If you don't
>understand those things, well time, I suppose is the only cure.
We can't help it we just fucking got here. It isn't fair of you
ancient fuckers to keep rubbing our noses in it.
"Michael Cash" <mike...@sunfield.ne.jp> wrote in message
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>It doesn't take 12 years. Just a month of driving, a couple tickets, and
>it's pretty fucking obvious how to screw the system. And if you can afford
>it, I don't see how in the hell someone can't see a ticket as a user's tax;
>it is in any other country. Pretty fucking inept, or just plain stupid.
Well not all of us have the benefit of having been here a dozen years,
so it is a relief to know this. As you no doubt have already noticed,
I can be a really dense fucker, so could you do me a favor and briefly
outline how to screw the system?
"Michael Cash" <mike...@sunfield.ne.jp> wrote in message
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>You need a couple more years I think.
Lorraine? Is that you?
>Give me 5 different ways an old Japanese man could pronounce your name.
aitsu
teme
konoyarou
aho
untenyaro
--
> "Bryce" <fuk...@takethisout.hotmail.com> said:
>
>> Give me 5 different ways an old Japanese man could pronounce your name.
>
> aitsu
> teme
> konoyarou
> aho
> untenyaro
Manchild
Whipped
'Roid rage man
Brett's future father-in-law
Snookums
>On 10/7/03 20:43, in article 04n6ovoql83a7saha...@4ax.com,
>"Bryan Parker" <puntspe...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> "Bryce" <fuk...@takethisout.hotmail.com> said:
>>
>>> Give me 5 different ways an old Japanese man could pronounce your name.
>>
>> aitsu
>> teme
>> konoyarou
>> aho
>> untenyarou
>
>Manchild
>Whipped
>'Roid rage man
>Brett's future father-in-law
>Snookums
Those were supposed to be common ways people
misspronounce Mike's name. He'll NEVER be mistaken
for a Snookums!
My list goes like this -
Dr. Echi
Koshu Benjo
Kuchibiru-ga yawarakai no, a ta shi
Slab McKofun-shitekichatta
Nanmba wan Nanpa man
John W.
Can't possibly be. Would Lorraine even be able to fake this daggyness?
--
"Kick it to the shithouse" - Bob Dwyer, Saturday 2nd November, 1991.
>Give me 5 different ways an old Japanese man could pronounce your name.
I have no idea. More relevant would be "Give me 5 different ways you
could alter your name on international drivers licenses to fool the
cops."
Come on, man. Don't be one of those stereotypical crotchety old-timers
who always cops an attitude with us newbies and never gives us the
help we need. I bought one of those neato kei-cars in August and I use
it to drive to work (14 kilometers round trip) so I'd like to know all
the ways you have of beating the system so I can drive like I want to
with total impunity. Or punity. Or whatever it is. Vocab like that is
outside my normal range, but you can tell what I mean from context
probably.
"Bryan Parker" <puntspe...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Let's use romanji for those inhibited by their computers:
tomasu
tomesu
tamasu
tamesu
As you see, just right there is four different ways of spelling that
particular last name. Add in a first name and times that by four or so;
you'd quickly have 16 different ways that your name will be written down by
some old policeman fart that doesn't know engurishu pronunciation from his
dead grandmothers's riceballs.
You must communicate your name to the officer the way you wish at that
particular moment. You pronunciate it very clearly in their alphabet and he
will write it down that way. They sort in katakana for gaijin names (unless
you are some poor sorry motherfucker from China or Korea). Some dont'
believe me, but it's true. I know the mayor of Nishiwaki and he took me to
the Sannomiya main in Kobe and he showed me the records.
Remember. There are many different ways to say your name. It's not good for
your bank... but it's plenty good for the local cops.
"Michael Cash" <mike...@sunfield.ne.jp> wrote in message
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>Why didn't you fit in at the home?
I fixed your post. Don't thank me.
Thanks Michael.
>Okay Michael. Here is an example. Let's say your last name is Thomas.
>
>Let's use romanji for those inhibited by their computers:
>
>tomasu
>
>tomesu
>
>tamasu
>
>tamesu
>
>As you see, just right there is four different ways of spelling that
>particular last name. Add in a first name and times that by four or so;
>you'd quickly have 16 different ways that your name will be written down by
>some old policeman fart that doesn't know engurishu pronunciation from his
>dead grandmothers's riceballs.
You mean they don't copy your name off your license? Cool! That saves
the hassle of having to get multiple licenses.
>
>You must communicate your name to the officer the way you wish at that
>particular moment. You pronunciate it very clearly in their alphabet and he
>will write it down that way. They sort in katakana for gaijin names (unless
>you are some poor sorry motherfucker from China or Korea). Some dont'
>believe me, but it's true. I know the mayor of Nishiwaki and he took me to
>the Sannomiya main in Kobe and he showed me the records.
I didn't know the cops let elected political officials who are
entirely outside their organizational hierarchy go down and root
through the records. We'll all be fucked when they start using
computers for this shit instead of keeping it all in filing cabinets,
huh?
Meantime, I'm gonna drive like the fuckin' fool that I am! Look out,
Japan, here I come! If you don't like my driving, get the fuck off the
sidewalk!
They can't root through the records, but they can show visiting dignitaries
how it all works.
We'll all be fucked when they start using
> computers for this shit instead of keeping it all in filing cabinets,
> huh?
You'd be surprised at how much of your stuff is still kept in filing
cabinets in Japan.
>
> Meantime, I'm gonna drive like the fuckin' fool that I am! Look out,
> Japan, here I come! If you don't like my driving, get the fuck off the
> sidewalk!
>
It's safer on the highways.
>
>
>
>
>> Meantime, I'm gonna drive like the fuckin' fool that I am! Look out,
>> Japan, here I come! If you don't like my driving, get the fuck off the
>> sidewalk!
>>
>
>It's safer on the highways.
Not anymore! I just got a pilot's license!!!!1111!!!!1
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>"Michael Cash" <mike...@sunfield.ne.jp> wrote in message
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>We'll all be fucked when they start using
>> computers for this shit instead of keeping it all in filing cabinets,
>> huh?
>
>You'd be surprised at how much of your stuff is still kept in filing
>cabinets in Japan.
Actually, I wouldn't.
>
>
>>
>> Meantime, I'm gonna drive like the fuckin' fool that I am! Look out,
>> Japan, here I come! If you don't like my driving, get the fuck off the
>> sidewalk!
>>
>
>It's safer on the highways.
How do you figure that? There are other cars on the highways. I have
yet to encounter one coming in the other direction while tooling down
the sidewalks.
>Why didn't you fit in at home?
Probably because the market for people in my line
of work is pretty much flooded back home. You
wouldn't believe how many highly qualified people
there are already running the Ring Toss games at
the Tulsa State Fair.
I'm thinking about opening up a Dunk the Assclown
game at my next carnival here in Japan. There will
always be a position open for your visiting
dignitary ass if you can ever find the time to
pull yourself away from pilfering through police
records with impunity while in town.
Gaijinetics: Convincing Japanese that the path to salvation is L. Ron
Hubbard
- Michael Cash
>Obviously you don't have the mind to figure it out. Is that your first year
>stuff or your second? Pretty impressive.
Dude, I've been here over a year already!
Lack of education. I see. I can't blame you for that though. That is
societal.
and they are going to have to put up with you more???
Let me know how that turns out. It's hard enough now in the states.. I
wonder what the hoops are in Japan?
I'm sure you scope out the *comptuers* while you visit city halls? Are they
still in dos? or have they moved up to Windows 95 yet?
>
He lost the return portion of his ticket.
If you're going to use French, spell it correctly. "Compteurs".
I stay out of city hall as much as I can.
Luckily that was a misspelling. I was trying not to bring the French thing
up.
I don't mind helping you develop your wrestling holds but I draw the line at
that.
.
----
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quote from Japan Today forums.
>I can't blame you for that though. That is
>societal.
That's what my girlfriend said about the
puss-filled warts on her vagina. I think you're
both correct.
>
>"Bryan Parker" <puntspe...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>> "Bryce" <fuk...@takethisout.hotmail.com> said:
>>
>> >Obviously you don't have the mind to figure it out. Is that your first
>year
>> >stuff or your second? Pretty impressive.
>>
>> Dude, I've been here over a year already!
>>
>
>and they are going to have to put up with you more???
>
My PHAT GAIGIN SLAB and I are fitting in very
nicely here.
>I don't mind helping you develop your wrestling holds
No need. Bob Sapp and Hulk Hogan are gonna be
helping me out with that this weekend.
http://www.njpw.co.jp/series/card/031013.html
ain't Hulk Hogan the governor of Oklahoma?
>
>Gaijinetics: Convincing Japanese that the path to salvation is L. Ron
>Hubbard
Slabinetics:
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*You* can't be the one spelling it. Got it?
That's a very good reason to be there (not your shlong, but the chicks).
That's why I went there for the very first time through my 20th. After that
it was too late.
I've been trying to figure this whole thing out, and can't quite do
it.
So I get pulled over, get a ticket, give the cop some bogus-assed
katakana rendition of my name, and something goes into a filing
cabinet.
Then later on I get pulled over, get another ticket, give the cop a
different bogus katakana rendition of my name, and something goes into
a filing cabinet, but in a different location because they're filing
it based on how I told them to render my name.
I'm fine up until that point.
What I don't understand is how this gets me out of paying fines or
prevents me from losing points off my license.
>
I can't decide if I would like to ask you to clarify that, or if it is
more fun to remain confused and let my imagination run wild.
First of all, you shouldn't have a Japanese license in the first place. You
should just renew your int'l license once a year out of the country. Then
you don't have to worry about points in the first place. All this only works
if you have an int'l license. If you don't have an int'l license, and
actually got screwed into taking an actual driving class and test 200-300
thousand yen, well, life sucks. You've gotta live with what you got yourself
into. Rules regarding int'l licenses and who may use them have changed this
year I am reading on a website right now... kanji is a little rusty, but it
looks like you must prove now that you have left the country more than once
a year in order to continue using an int'l license.
>
>
>
Lot's of angles on that one. I'd just let it sit.
>
> If you don't have an int'l license, and
> actually got screwed into taking an actual driving class and test 200-300
> thousand yen, well, life sucks.
Only if a person took your word that this dichotomy was actually true.
>
>"Michael Cash" <mike...@sunfield.ne.jp> wrote in message
>news:j6mfov8r1iaf91ucq...@4ax.com...
>> On Fri, 10 Oct 2003 15:32:19 -0700, "Bryce"
>> <fuk...@takethisout.hotmail.com> belched the alphabet and kept on
>> going with:
>> >That's a very good reason to be there (not your shlong, but the chicks).
>> >That's why I went there for the very first time through my 20th. After
>that
>> >it was too late.
>> >
>>
>> I can't decide if I would like to ask you to clarify that, or if it is
>> more fun to remain confused and let my imagination run wild.
>>
>>
>
>
>Lot's of angles on that one. I'd just let it sit.
I believe I will.
>>
>> What I don't understand is how this gets me out of paying fines or
>> prevents me from losing points off my license.
>>
>>
>
>
>
>
>First of all, you shouldn't have a Japanese license in the first place.
I find it to be something of a necessity.
>You should just renew your int'l license once a year out of the country.
I only leave the country once every 5 years or so on average, so there
goes that idea.
>Then you don't have to worry about points in the first place. All this only works
>if you have an int'l license. If you don't have an int'l license, and
>actually got screwed into taking an actual driving class and test 200-300
>thousand yen, well, life sucks.
When I got my Japanese license, I didn't have to do any of that. I
just gave a translation of my Tennessee license, took an eye exam, and
that was it.
>You've gotta live with what you got yourself
>into. Rules regarding int'l licenses and who may use them have changed this
>year I am reading on a website right now... kanji is a little rusty, but it
>looks like you must prove now that you have left the country more than once
>a year in order to continue using an int'l license.
From the National Police Agency's website:
■ 日本において運転できる期間
1)日本の免許証:有効期間内
2)国際免許証及び外国の免許証:日本に上陸した日から1年間又は当該免許証の有効期間の
いずれか短い期間(ただし、住民基本台帳法に記録されている者が出国の確認を、外国人
登録法を受けている者が再入国の許可等を受けて日本から出国し、3か月未満のうちに帰
国した場合においては、当該帰国(上陸)の日は国際免許証等による運転可能期間の起算
日とはなりません。)
I don't have the means to remain outside Japan for over three months
at a time, especially just so I can try to pull some touristy scam
with an international drivers license.
I went through about 4 cars there, 30 plus parking tickets and 10+/-
speeding tickets. When I travel back there I still have my Eunos waiting for
me. And I still abide by the same rules. It still works. But no, you don't
have to trust me.
Granted.
>
> >You should just renew your int'l license once a year out of the country.
>
> I only leave the country once every 5 years or so on average, so there
> goes that idea.
>
> >Then you don't have to worry about points in the first place. All this
only works
> >if you have an int'l license. If you don't have an int'l license, and
> >actually got screwed into taking an actual driving class and test 200-300
> >thousand yen, well, life sucks.
>
> When I got my Japanese license, I didn't have to do any of that. I
> just gave a translation of my Tennessee license, took an eye exam, and
> that was it.
>
That is a good situation.
> >You've gotta live with what you got yourself
> >into. Rules regarding int'l licenses and who may use them have changed
this
> >year I am reading on a website right now... kanji is a little rusty, but
it
> >looks like you must prove now that you have left the country more than
once
> >a year in order to continue using an int'l license.
>
> From the National Police Agency's website:
>
> ■ 日本において運転できる期間
> 1)日本の免許証:有効期間内
> 2)国際免許証及び外国の免許証:日本に上陸した日から1年間又は当該免許証の有
効期間の
> いずれか短い期間(ただし、住民基本台帳法に記録されている者が出国の確認を、
外国人
> 登録法を受けている者が再入国の許可等を受けて日本から出国し、3か月未満のう
ちに帰
> 国した場合においては、当該帰国(上陸)の日は国際免許証等による運転可能期間
の起算
> 日とはなりません。)
>
> I don't have the means to remain outside Japan for over three months
> at a time, especially just so I can try to pull some touristy scam
> with an international drivers license.
>
Well, I for one am the first to suggest that you should play by the rules.
As far as touristy scam goes... I don't think many tourists really know
about the situation. Maybe it's the "ugly gaijin" scam?
Go Cougars!
>
>
>
>> >
>> >
>> >
Maybe it's the "gaigin with no fixed address who dashes in and out of
Japan before the cops and prosecutors get around to chasing his ass
down and hauling him in" scam.
Unfortunately, that won't work for most us, especially us newbies.
No, I do have an address in Japan. And I'm paying big for it too. But yes,
it would work for lot's.
O well. It is better to play it safe though I suppose.
Also, you know those orange gizmos they tie around your mirror with the
cable that has the ticket in it?
Solution? bolt cutters from your local hardware store. I know it sounds
silly, but if you just say "I don't remember seeing one of those on my car",
well, you don't get a ticket for it. I know it sounds unbelievable... but
really, that works to for parking. (unless of course they are waiting by
your car for you to come back). Again, I don't *promote* this of course...
>
>
>
>On Fri, 10 Oct 2003 12:14:59 +0900, Bryan Parker ...
>>
>>Brett Robson <jet...@deja.com> said:
>>
>>
>>>I don't mind helping you develop your wrestling holds
>>
>>No need. Bob Sapp and Hulk Hogan are gonna be
>>helping me out with that this weekend.
>>http://www.njpw.co.jp/series/card/031013.html
>>
>
>ain't Hulk Hogan the governor of Oklahoma?
Could be if he wanted to. With the money that he
got for an afternoon's work on Monday, he could
just about buy the guvnor's mansion.
Gaijinetics: Convincing Japanese that the path to salvation is L. Ron
Hubbard
- Michael Cash