CJ Brooks comments

Posted in: Elderly couple hit, killed by car; driver arrested See in context

Driving in Japan can be a challenge. Especially since the laws here almost ALWAYS find fault with the driver. But from personal experience from driving here, coast to coast in the US and in Thailand, Japan actually is not so bad. Mostly because the speeds here are so slow compared to other countries in general.

What happens here,and probably in this case, is that since fault is always found with the driver, people get into this "bubble" mentality where they feel there's no need to pay attention around them. Because they assume the driver would watch out for them always. We've all seen an oji-chan/oba-chan do some stuff like "what the hell were they thinking?" And don't get me started on golden week. Im sorry that they passed away, but crossing a 4 lane road at night with no crossing is dangerous no matter what.

Im going on too long, sorry, bear with me. I don't know how this guy was driving, but i personally find sports cars safer to drive. This is IF you are not pushing them to the limits daily driving, and not set up for race only. Since they are designed to handle higher speeds, they are USUALLY easy to drive at highway or slower speeds.

I have had children fall down running into the street right in front of my car because the parents walked away from them and kept going. If my car had been factory ride height, i would have never seen them fall down. Another time i had the green lught. While i took my time to engage the clutch and get moving, a mom with a kid on the back of the bicycle blew through the red.

Again, sad to hear that they died, but people have to be responsible for their own survival. Right now, we can only gear one side of the story.

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