Japan Bike Parking Laws
It was interesting to see that in Tokyo where there are millions of cyclist
getting around, and with great respect from cars and pedestrians unlike Australia that seems to hate Cyclists guts. Anyway an interesting thing I saw was that many bikes were getting parking tickets for parking in an illegal area, and what I made out was that you get some sort of warning for a few hours, and after that a huge truck comes along and gets your bike and impounds it, and I saw the impoundment yard full of bikes, and a sign saying the penalty is a 6,000 yen or about $60 to get your bike back. Amazing. Also its amazing that you can leave your bike outside your apartment overnight unlocked and still find it there in the morning, again unlike Australia. |
Japan Bike Parking Laws
John wrote:
It was interesting to see that in Tokyo where there are millions of cyclist getting around, and with great respect from cars and pedestrians unlike Australia that seems to hate Cyclists guts. Anyway an interesting thing I saw was that many bikes were getting parking tickets for parking in an illegal area, and what I made out was that you get some sort of warning for a few hours, and after that a huge truck comes along and gets your bike and impounds it, and I saw the impoundment yard full of bikes, and a sign saying the penalty is a 6,000 yen or about $60 to get your bike back. Amazing. Also its amazing that you can leave your bike outside your apartment overnight unlocked and still find it there in the morning, again unlike Australia. I was under the impression that most bikes in Japan have immobilisers (though I'm not sure what part is immobilised) so you lock the bike itself, rather than chaining it to something fixed. I was also told by a friend who lived in Japan for several years, that if you see a bike that looks like yours, you take it, and rest assured that when the correct owner finds it missing, he or she will just take yours or somebody else's that also looks the same, and everyone is happy. I have no idea how much of this is true! Tam |
Japan Bike Parking Laws
Tamyka Bell wrote:
John wrote: It was interesting to see that in Tokyo where there are millions of cyclist getting around, and with great respect from cars and pedestrians unlike Australia that seems to hate Cyclists guts. Anyway an interesting thing I saw was that many bikes were getting parking tickets for parking in an illegal area, and what I made out was that you get some sort of warning for a few hours, and after that a huge truck comes along and gets your bike and impounds it, and I saw the impoundment yard full of bikes, and a sign saying the penalty is a 6,000 yen or about $60 to get your bike back. Amazing. Also its amazing that you can leave your bike outside your apartment overnight unlocked and still find it there in the morning, again unlike Australia. I was under the impression that most bikes in Japan have immobilisers (though I'm not sure what part is immobilised) so you lock the bike itself, rather than chaining it to something fixed. I was also told by a friend who lived in Japan for several years, that if you see a bike that looks like yours, you take it, and rest assured that when the correct owner finds it missing, he or she will just take yours or somebody else's that also looks the same, and everyone is happy. I have no idea how much of this is true! Tam The trouble with Japanese bikes is that they tend to swerve towards cars and try to deliberately hit them. ;) |
Japan Bike Parking Laws
John Wrote: It was interesting to see that in Tokyo where there are millions of cyclist getting around, and with great respect from cars and pedestrians unlike Australia that seems to hate Cyclists guts. Anyway an interesting thing I saw was that many bikes were getting parking tickets for parking in an illegal area, and what I made out was that you get some sort of warning for a few hours, and after that a huge truck comes along and gets your bike and impounds it, and I saw the impoundment yard full of bikes, and a sign saying the penalty is a 6,000 yen or about $60 to get your bike back. Amazing. Also its amazing that you can leave your bike outside your apartment overnight unlocked and still find it there in the morning, again unlike Australia. same in Holland. probabaly using O-Locks which lock up the back wheel/frame but not to anytihng. They also had a impounding thing going on, but couldnt quite figure out what their angle was! Seemed to be in the more open-touristy areas but they would walk up to 20 bike slocked to a bit of street furniture and only take 3-4 of them. some kinda discerning comments as they scouted the lot to apply angle grinder to cablelock to and throw bike in back of truck. maybe it was... "aarrgh. japanese crap bikes! Aluminium!! die! And this one has GEARS :eek: !!! off they go. bwahahahhahahah... -- flyingdutch |
Japan Bike Parking Laws
"John" wrote in message ... It was interesting to see that in Tokyo where there are millions of cyclist getting around, and with great respect from cars and pedestrians unlike Australia that seems to hate Cyclists guts. Anyway an interesting thing I saw was that many bikes were getting parking tickets for parking in an illegal area, and what I made out was that you get some sort of warning for a few hours, and after that a huge truck comes along and gets your bike and impounds it, and I saw the impoundment yard full of bikes, and a sign saying the penalty is a 6,000 yen or about $60 to get your bike back. Amazing. Also its amazing that you can leave your bike outside your apartment overnight unlocked and still find it there in the morning, again unlike Australia. The Average Jap commuter bike is so very basic and usually at least each household has at least one, local people wouldn't bother to nick em anyway, and most communities over there are so closely bundled in together that someone would see something. They seem to have an O lock set-up on back wheel just as a basic security device but many don't bother to use it. Japanese people rarely see the bicycle as a fun device but only as a way to cheaply get from a-b, down the shops to buy daily food or to the station for work. In australia they have car parks at most rail stations over in Tokyo they have multi-level or just large outdoor bike parking stations. Most of the bikes all look the same, mostly same colour,brand etc and very cheap $100-179 in a bike shop. Rarely do you see MTBs', racers or any other bike parked or sitting anywhere. DJ |
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