Tokyo police referred a lady to prosecutors Thursday for allegedly driving an electrical kick scooter with no license and colliding with a taxi, injuring a passenger.
The 23-year-old is suspected of unlicensed harmful driving inflicting damage. This is believed to be the primary case in Japan by which the cost has been utilized to an accident brought on by the rider of an electrical kick scooter.
According to the Metropolitan Police Department, the girl, who works within the restaurant and bar business, is suspected of ignoring a purple gentle earlier than getting into an intersection in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward on the night time of June 2.
She allegedly collided with a taxi coming from the facet and prompted a passenger to endure an damage, restoration from which took about 10 days.
Under the highway site visitors legislation, electrical kick scooters are categorized as bikes with small engine displacement. Riders are subsequently required to have a driving license.
Riders should even have obligatory vehicle legal responsibility insurance coverage, put a registration plate on the scooter and put on a helmet in precept.
– Japan Times
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