Woman suspected of violating traffic law for riding an electric suitcase | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News
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Police in Japan have sent papers to prosecutors concerning a woman under suspicion of violating the Road Traffic Act for allegedly riding an "electric suitcase" on a sidewalk without a license.
  • JolteonEnglish
    6•8 months ago

    Since wind does riding an ebike require a license?

    • @[email protected]English
      15•8 months ago

      If it can accelerate without pedal-assist, it’s not an ebike in many jurisdictions, likely including Japan.

    • @[email protected]English
      6•8 months ago

      Japan might not have a category for e-bikes. The article says the suitcase was considered a motorbike.

    • TXLEnglish
      2•8 months ago

      Since legislators realized that mopeds had been invented.