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Old April 9th 06, 02:29 AM posted to aus.bicycle
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Default Japan Bike Parking Laws


"John" wrote in message
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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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