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4 killed in vehicle collision in Fukushima; man arrested

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Those mini cars (K-cars) are a death trap. It only takes one idiot to do something stupid and your life is over. It doesn’t matter who’s fault it was when you are dead.

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Saw this on the news last night, horrible way to die.

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Not sure about the sedan driver, but they should really put a centerline in there so that people understand who has the right of way.

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The television video on NHK 7pm news—shows that there was no stop sign, the line that would generally give a pedestrian the right of way and maybe a car coming from the other direction is nearly completely faded and the lines on the suppose “through” road are also very faded. The police should be arresting the local officials and maybe other police for negligent homicide. Would have been very difficult for a person unfamiliar with the area to know who had the right of way.

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The road markings are irrelevant. You should not pull into traffic if it is not safe to do so.

I hope the occupants were either dead or unconscious before the fire engulfed the car and that the idiot who caused the crash didn't just stand around watching.

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Zoroto Kei cars do cost less, but more importantly cost far less in annual fees and taxes.

They are very dangerous in an accident agreed.

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The first thing you’re taught if you bother taking Drivers’ Ed is: No one has the “Right of Way”, but of course if you don’t value YOUR life, then by all means, you can claim it.

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WA4TKG - The first thing you’re taught if you bother taking Drivers’ Ed is: No one has the “Right of Way”, 

It's not the first thing I was taught in Driver's Ed. Not the 2nd, 3rd, or 27th thing, either.

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Obviously, Gary had a bad Driver’s Ed teacher.

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In Japan, the markings on the ground makes it so that you are guessing who has the right of way.

And justice will give way to the dead, no matter who was right.

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Kei car owners receive a raft of govt financial incentives beyond purchase price.

The markings on many roads in that region are faded.

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Very vague article.

From the limited info, it appears the bigger car was travelling on a wider 2 lane road (altho unmarked) and the smaller car was travelling on a narrow 1 car lane.

In my experience in often driving on such roads in the countryside - regardless of non-visible markings - the narrow "farm type" lane should always give way as it approaches the "normal" road. Need more info.

And I agree with CEO - officials and police need to take some responsibility for lack of maintaining a safe traffic environment.

I've remonstrated (softly) with local police knowing that they patrol a narrow short cut road near my house everyday - at around 4:00pm - why have they allowed stop lines to fade into obscurity, why have they allowed a no parking on the verge sign to be completely obscured by overhanging branches and why they allow parking on the road and why is there no dividing line painted on a long curve?

Answer - we always investigate / check all road conditions.

Yeah!

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It was nighttime. Both cars would have been using headlights. Both drivers should presumably have seen the other, or at least seen the headlights. I would have expected both to slow to a speed that, even if a collision still occurred, would not have resulted in fatalities.

The J Police will get to the bottom of where the 25-year driver was coming from and where he was going, and whether he had consumed any alcohol before starting on his evening drive on a national holiday.

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