Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!news.daionet.gr.jp!news.yamada.gr.jp!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!newsfeed.freenet.de!feed.news.tiscali.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!not-for-mail From: "mr.sumo.snr" Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan Subject: Driving WITHOUT a licence? Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2004 13:04:26 +0900 Lines: 28 Message-ID: <2j222iFsi297U1@uni-berlin.de> X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de ijAAXc0A1APBDWsQVqAV6wB5P4QH8I1wfkfNyAslgyJu7wOhTm X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1409 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:14446 It's ask a question of the masses 'coz someone I know has been a moron time again - we've had quite a few of these recently - let the insults fly! They can't be any worse than the flaming I gave to two individuals in question last night. 23-year English teacher stopped by the police last night on a 'failure to yield at a stop sign' was driving WITHOUT his international driver's permit (IDP). He doesn't have one! He doesn't even have his UKland license with him (it's in the mail prior to applying for a Japanese license). So he tells the coppers he DOES have an IDP and is told to go off to his apartment and bring it directly to the police station. Forty minutes later he turns up without any license whatsoever. Of course his Japanese boss is called (at about 11.30 last night) and they are both expected at the police station on Tuesday to explain the whole situation. At that time he SHOULD at least have his UKland drivers' license to show that he does have the ability to drive a car. So anyone have any rough idea what sort of fines the guy is looking at? No alcohol was involved. He was driving with his gaijin girlfriend who does have an IDP and whose car it was but she was flaked out after attending her school's sports day, so that's why he decided to drive. Do you think we're looking at a sacking-level offense here? -- jonathan