"Rafael Caetano" <rcaetano7@NOSPAMyahoo.com> wrote in message

> Out of curiosity, what's the legal status of abandoned cars?

They still belong to the person that abandoned them. In Osaka, he could get
fined for littering (that's written just in front of my building, with a
telephone number anybody can call to denounce those criminals to the local
Gestapo). But I'm not sure the fine is bigger for abandoning an empty can of
drink or a car. Just in case, most people that off the ID plate of the car.
It seems many people don't want to pay a recycler (that will try to export
the cars).

> What happens to them?

They become mansions for the not-that-homeless. Then when they are
completely rusty, they stay empty in the street. In average once every 5
years, employees of Osaka-shi come to clean the mess.

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