cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/23992689
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She was scootin’ around on one of these. Here is another link, of Marques Brownlee giving specs and driving one.
Except the one Marques has can go 15mph, or about 24kph, almost twice that of the one in the article.
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
Since wind does riding an ebike require a license?
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
The audacity of that woman!
It seems to be really well thought out. Like the original meme is nice too:
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:-).
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.