The end of Tokyo Drift? Drifting will soon be considered “dangerous driving” and added to the list of punishable offenses under the revised law in Japan.
The end of Tokyo Drift? Drifting will soon be considered “dangerous driving” and added to the list of punishable offenses under the revised law in Japan.
Neat! And it will be enforced, right? Just like enforcing the “wearing helmets and not using your phone while biking” rule? And enforcing the Noise Regulation Law on the dumbass Bōsōzoku that constantly roll around?
I can’t wait!
Punchinballz on
I can’t believe that drifting isn’t considered as Dangerous driving, and I can’t believe I didn’t know it.
Xaldarino on
“Resulting in death or injury”
daltorak on
Long overdue…. the current laws around this are too vague and subject to differing interpretation. The changes won’t stop kids from going out to the industrial park at night and drifting (like one of the comments on the article talks about)…. but higher default punishments and other things such as automatic confiscation of cars would maybe make people think twice.
Like, seriously…. a few stories of some kid’s GR86 or STI getting sent to the crusher over a public drifting charge will fix some things in the culture *real* fast.
redditscraperbot2 on
Me: Oh good this will make the road safer for me and my family.
Weebs: Nooo my Tokyo drift! What about initial D? It’s Japanese culture!
BahnSprueher on
You mean to say one could drift legally on japanese roads in broad daylight???
Lulizarti on
ワイルド スピード 10 – TOKYO DRIFT 終焉
Tsupari on
It’s already considered “gang activity”
That’s why I never street drifted and just paid to go to a track. Sooooooo many tracks here.
Katashi90 on
Technically, when you’re drifting you’re not actually controlling the car, you’re controlling the “loss of control of your car”.
NoireResteem on
So many tracks around Japan anyways to legally drift so I see no issue with this to be honest. Street drifting when it’s not a sanctioned event was always dangerous and pit peoples lives at risk.
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Neat! And it will be enforced, right? Just like enforcing the “wearing helmets and not using your phone while biking” rule? And enforcing the Noise Regulation Law on the dumbass Bōsōzoku that constantly roll around?
I can’t wait!
I can’t believe that drifting isn’t considered as Dangerous driving, and I can’t believe I didn’t know it.
“Resulting in death or injury”
Long overdue…. the current laws around this are too vague and subject to differing interpretation. The changes won’t stop kids from going out to the industrial park at night and drifting (like one of the comments on the article talks about)…. but higher default punishments and other things such as automatic confiscation of cars would maybe make people think twice.
Like, seriously…. a few stories of some kid’s GR86 or STI getting sent to the crusher over a public drifting charge will fix some things in the culture *real* fast.
Me: Oh good this will make the road safer for me and my family.
Weebs: Nooo my Tokyo drift! What about initial D? It’s Japanese culture!
You mean to say one could drift legally on japanese roads in broad daylight???
ワイルド スピード 10 – TOKYO DRIFT 終焉
It’s already considered “gang activity”
That’s why I never street drifted and just paid to go to a track. Sooooooo many tracks here.
Technically, when you’re drifting you’re not actually controlling the car, you’re controlling the “loss of control of your car”.
So many tracks around Japan anyways to legally drift so I see no issue with this to be honest. Street drifting when it’s not a sanctioned event was always dangerous and pit peoples lives at risk.