Alpha71 ,

The woman is reportedly denying the charges saying during voluntary questioning that she was not aware that the suitcase is a vehicle that requires a driver's license.

When you start to realize that there could be too many laws on the books.

awesome_lowlander ,

It has a max speed of 13 kph, that's practically crawling. And she was on a sidewalk. This is just much ado about nothing

Jolteon ,

Since wind does riding an ebike require a license?

jol ,

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

yetAnotherUser ,

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

XTL ,

Since legislators realized that mopeds had been invented.

CanadianCarl ,

She was scootin' around on one of these. Here is another link, of Marques Brownlee giving specs and driving one.

hark ,
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This is the purest form of battery-on-wheels I can imagine and I find this highly amusing.

jol ,

That's not really a suit case though. That's a foldable bike.

sickhack ,

For anyone who doesn’t want to watch a YouTube video, here are images: https://japantoday.com/category/crime/motorized-suitcase-rider-referred-to-prosecutors-for-1st-time

princessnorah ,
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Except the one Marques has can go 15mph, or about 24kph, almost twice that of the one in the article.

rockSlayer ,

Smh that's clearly a class 0.5 ebike and drivers just need to share the road /s

FlyingSquid ,
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The audacity of that woman!

dogsnest OP ,
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Carrying on on her carry on, like a carrion.

OpenStars ,
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MachineFab812 ,

I need that shirt.

OpenStars ,
@OpenStars@discuss.online avatar

It seems to be really well thought out. Like the original meme is nice too:

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But would be a lot of paint that would flake off easily so the above design looks like it would work much better for a shirt:-).

nilloc ,

Bring back 1970s iron-ons!

OpenStars ,
@OpenStars@discuss.online avatar

And clothing that lasts for more than at least one year, sheesh!

But were people allowed to say "bitch" back then? Truly we have advanced in so many ways!:-)

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