Home Japan News No license needed for electric scooters, now same as bicyclesJJapan NewsNo license needed for electric scooters, now same as bicyclesJuly 3, 20233 comments No license needed for electric scooters, now same as bicycleshttps://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14946626 Tags:Japan NewsJapanese Current EventsJapanese Politics 3 comments>Scooter riders are required to wear helmets, although it is not mandatory.…..Then they are clearly **NOT** ***required*** to wear helmets if it’s **NOT mandatory**, are they??Talk about a dumb sentence with **conflicting** messages….​These Japanese lawmakers really are something else….It would be nice if they would also allow ebikes with throttles up to the same speed. My ~70 years old legs would thank them for it.Electric scooters… The invention that nobody asked for.Leave a ReplyYou must be logged in to post a comment.
>Scooter riders are required to wear helmets, although it is not mandatory.…..Then they are clearly **NOT** ***required*** to wear helmets if it’s **NOT mandatory**, are they??Talk about a dumb sentence with **conflicting** messages….​These Japanese lawmakers really are something else….
It would be nice if they would also allow ebikes with throttles up to the same speed. My ~70 years old legs would thank them for it.
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>Scooter riders are required to wear helmets, although it is not mandatory.
…..Then they are clearly **NOT** ***required*** to wear helmets if it’s **NOT mandatory**, are they??
Talk about a dumb sentence with **conflicting** messages….
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These Japanese lawmakers really are something else….
It would be nice if they would also allow ebikes with throttles up to the same speed. My ~70 years old legs would thank them for it.
Electric scooters… The invention that nobody asked for.