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Car fleeing from police, crashes into another vehicle, injuring 4-year-old boy

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A car fleeing from a police patrol crashed into another vehicle, injuring a four-year-old boy riding in it in Yamanashi Prefecture, police said Tuesday. The 43-year-old driver of the car being chased has been arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving resulting in injury and leaving the scene of an accident.

According to police, the incident occurred in Minami-Alps at around 3:30 p.m. Monday. Police said the patrol car approached the vehicle being driven by Akinori Shiozawa, a company employee from Meguro Ward in Tokyo, and requested that he stop, Sankei Shimbun reported.

Instead, Shiozawa drove off, with the police car in pursuit. As he turned right at an intersection, he hit an oncoming car. A four-year-old boy in that car suffered minor head injuries.

Shiozawa then keep going but stopped a shortly after and he was arrested.

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Was he drunk?

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I bet the four year old was not wearing a seatbelt.

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But, why was he ask to stop in the first place?

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Driving is a privilege NOT a right, so when you are asked to stop your vehicle by the police or so other proper authority you should STOP ( Now if some Weird / Crazy looking individual tells you to stop then it might be wise to just keep going ). He may have committed a driving infraction or had tire with low air pressure who knows. So why he was asked to stop is not important. What is important is the child that was injured just because some A-Hole wanted to run from the police. Now what is the proper punishment for this if you Suspending his license he'll still get behind the steering wheel of some car and drive. He broke the law once and he'll do it again so I say cut off his hands & feet for starters. Another idiot behind the wheel of a car just like the idiot at Harajuku ...

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Why he was asked to stop IS important.

Not important, when you apply for a driver license their are certain rules you have to go by. Stopping for authorities is one of those rules you just can't take it upon yourself to stop only when you feel like it or just disregard the police and drive off at a high rate of speed. All those that feel the reason for the police wanting him to stop is important would feel different if it was their child / relative that was hurt or killed. If the police want you to stop then stop work it out with the police then go on your way without hurting anyone or making maters worse for yourself. But hey if you want some prison time and you like taking showers with other men please evade the police anytime they want you to stop.

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HARRYO - Driving is a privilege NOT a right

I’ve been saying the same thing for decades and drive accordingly. Unfortunately, many drivers worldwide (not just in Japan) think they have the right to abuse traffic regulations and speed limits. However, I have to admit, Japan is particularly bad. Nobody stops at red signals, pedestrian crossings are ‘Gamble with your life’ zones, speed limits are just guidelines and talking on a phone or playing video games is only illegal if you get caught by police that are snug in their kibabs waiting for someone to ask for directions.

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Well Big Yen since your from Australia the land down under that explains why you think the way you think. Just remember if people obeyed the laws to include traffic laws their would be LESS crime and people would feel safer.

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Well Big Yen since your from Australia the land down under that explains why you think the way you think. Just remember if people obeyed the laws to include traffic laws their would be LESS crime and people would feel safer.

And if the world was Utopia, we would all live in peace and harmony.

With every situation, there is the ideal, and the reality. With vehicles, the ideal is everyone always obeys the rules. The reality is that this will never happen. Some people will always ignore the rules.

If you try to determine a strategy based on achieving the ideal, you are setting it up for failure, and likely will end up causing negative repercussions. For example, saying 'people should obey the rules' (the ideal) as a justification for police high-speed pursuits, ignores the reality that some people won't, with the unintended repercussion that some people will die, as in this story.

A proper risk-management/reduction plan looks at the big picture, rather than looking at the issue in isolation. The Aussies (or at least, the ones where Big Yen is from) have come up with a risk-management plan based on the reality, rather than the ideal. Makes sense to me.

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I do not think the chase was necessary, they know the plate number and can track it down later, now the 4 year old boy is injured in this chase.

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It is hard to believe that a 43 year of would be dumb enough to that that he has any chance of escape from the police in this situation. Have pity for the 4 year girl and family that must deal with the low level scum that injured her. The degenerate will learn their address and occupation. he will learn where the child goes to school and the income of the family. They will probably be the subject of extortion or threats if they decide to seek punishment through the courts.

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Bugle beat me to it. I'd bet dollars to donuts the boy was standing between the driver's and passenger's seat.

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