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Tokyo to repaint streets over rule that makes it impossible for cars to pass bicycles
Tokyo is to repaint streets because a rule makes it impossible for cars to pass bicycles, according to the source. The same source notes that a few months earlier Japan introduced 'blue tickets' for certain bicycle infractions, but it does not detail the repainting plan.
Tokyo plans to repaint streets over a rule that makes it impossible for cars to pass bicycles. Japan made sweeping changes to bicycle laws a few months earlier, introducing 'blue tickets' for infractions such as riding too fast on a sidewalk, riding with an umbrella, or riding while using a smartphone. The laws came into effect along with a fairly large crackdown.
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- Japan made sweeping changes to bicycle laws, introducing 'blue tickets' for infractions such as riding too fast on a sidewalk, riding with an umbrella, or riding while using a smartphone.
- The laws came into effect along with a fairly large crackdown.
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