Posted on 03/01/2014 11:33:29 AM PST by Jack Hydrazine
Edited on 03/01/2014 2:35:12 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
SALT LAKE CITY
(Excerpt) Read more at japantoday.com ...
the lady was a moron, in my opinion... i wonder--how did she even make it from California to Utah?
“Japanese are used to right-hand drive and being on the left side of the road.”
At the old airport terminal I worked at, some Japanese or Brit tourist would get killed every three or four years, by getting on the interstate going the wrong way....
Are you one of the FR Cop-haters that come out of the woodwork on cop posts?
>>They had no drivers license. How did they get a rental car?
There’s an international driver’s license. You can get them at AAA. I would assume that they had that on them and that their Japanese driver’s license was at home.
I took some Japanese friends to Las Vegas for a vacation while I was still living in Japan. You have to watch them because they get in trouble.
...The driver did not present a driver’s license to the officers. While an incident of this nature normally would give rise to felony evading charges, Horne said the unique circumstances will likely result in misdemeanor charges of reckless driving and failure to yield, at the discretion of the Washington County Attorney.
County Attorney Brock Belnap had not yet received the case of consideration Monday when St. George News inquired. He could not speculate on any action he might take, he said.
This report is based on information provided by law enforcement and may not contain the full scope of findings.
Ed. note: Updated 7:58 p.m. to add the driver had no driver’s license...
I wonder if they were breaking a law by going to slow.
Probably had their brights on and the reflections freaked them out. First time I went through it, I knew nothing of it. Was a little tire when I came roaring into it on a no moon night. Got woken up quickly, and when I had exited south, I went back through it S to N, then turned S and stayed in the first crappy town in Nevada that had a room. The article said 'high speed', they were going 75.
In 99.99% of the other universes out there, the cops shot them all dead - and their pet goldfish. j/k
So you actually took time to post that thinking I give a rat’s a$$ what you think?
And the car couldn’t have been stolen or carjacked from the Japanese family.
Anybody want to bet that in most countries a similarly confused American family wouldn’t have been handled with the same kid gloves?
That said, it is a visitor’s responsibility to adapt to the local customs.
In Ireland this summer, there was a police car behind me with lights flashing so I pulled over.
In the rearview mirror I saw the officer step on the brakes and throw up his hands.
Forward, my mother saw the on-coming driver step on his brakes and throw up his hands.
And then the police car pulled around me.
But I still don’t know what you’re supposed to do in Ireland, when there is a police car with lights.
The family is fortunate that the cops didn’t shoot the two adults dead and handed the son over to CPS.
Good question!
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Ok, if you insist, “They're a cab”.
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” It was pretty funny because it was at the public restrooms and he finally gave up and started gesturing for more toilet paper by imitating wiping his ass...”
I know that was just an observation.......but I fell off of my couch reading that.
“If you are without a driver’s license, who would rent you a car?”
I don’t get that part either. I know here in CA you can still use your former country’s DL for only 3 months, hence, the use of rentals. No rental car company would ever hand you the keys without any form of ID.
Yes and no.......I first posted it as an observation of your apparent behavior which may have led to whatever altercations you may have had in foreign countries.
Then your response above pretty much confirmed my belief..............
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