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!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!202.215.53.66!not-for-mail From: Declan Murphy Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: Any one familiar with Japanese Law? Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 22:54:34 +0900 Lines: 28 Message-ID: <4091091A.1070209@hotmail.com> References: <4090E9FF.8EC2A7F5@yahoo.co.jp> NNTP-Posting-Host: 202.215.53.66 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de 1083247051 16221051 I 202.215.53.66 ([139419]) User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040113 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en In-Reply-To: <4090E9FF.8EC2A7F5@yahoo.co.jp> Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:13628 Eric Takabayashi wrote: > "mr.sumo.snr" wrote: >>I would get ready for a lengthy period of deep bowing and profuse >>apologizing. My friend's situation has yet to be 'finally' resolved three >>years on - and HE has an uncle-in-law insurance broker acting on his behalf. >>He tells me he keeps 1500000 yen ready and waiting in the post office just >>in case there is a final resolution - but take heart - three years on and he >>hasn't had to cough up more than the initial 1500000 yen in damages and >>compensation. > > Incredible. So should I tell the motorcycle dealer trying to push the > "unlimited" coverage on me for about 40,000 yen per year to shove it, that the > 60 million yen coverage included in the registration is enough despite his > claims? Exactly how much damage can a private registered motorcycle cause? Obtaining higher levels of insurance for a commercially used truck, bus, delivery van etc I can understand (my 2 minivans have pretty hefty insurance premiums), but for a motorcycle??? I think telling him to shove it might be right. -- "Oh don't give me none more of that Old Janx Spirit/ No, don't you give me none more of that Old Janx Spirit/ For my head will fly, my tongue will lie, my eyes will fry and I may die/ Won't you pour me one more of that sinful Old Janx Spirit"