A personal watercraft that is often seen at beaches. While the appearance of running through the midsummer sea looks fun, I also feel afraid of what would happen if a person was swimming nearby.
Dangerous situations that I did not want to happen occurred frequently from July to August on the coast of Akashi City, Hyogo Prefecture. A personal watercraft that runs wild in the immediate vicinity of people who are snorkeling or paddling. The footage of the situation was broadcast in the news, causing ripples.
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Mayor Fusaho Izumi of Akashi City, who saw this as not being overlooked, filed a criminal complaint against the Japan Coast Guard on August 10 for violating Hyogo Prefecture’s ordinance and attempted murder.
Although no accidents have occurred, Mayor Izumi, who is indignant that “it’s too late after a person dies,” pondered this magazine.
“You can do whatever you want on the sea in a completely lawless zone. There is no speed violation, and you can drive even if you drink a little and get drunk. It is the same situation as the former drunk driving and tilting driving. There are some restrictions in the ordinance, but at most A world with fines of 50,000 and 100,000.
There are three problems. First of all, this law is undeveloped.
Second, there is no crackdown system. The sea doesn’t have police motorcycles, so I can’t catch it. In fact, when the general public reported and the Japan Coast Guard came, he had already escaped. The Japan Coast Guard ships are fragile, and personal watercraft are faster. At first, I was wondering whether to go to the police or the Japan Coast Guard. Both have no sense of ownership because they don’t know what to do. In the end, the Japan Coast Guard decided to deal with it and went to the accusation.
The third is an industry issue. The manufacture of personal watercraft is an oligopoly of Kawasaki, Yamaha and Bombardier. Anyway, the manufacturer wants to sell it. If you attach a GPS or a drive recorder, you can identify the criminal later, which is a deterrent to dangerous driving, but the manufacturer does not try to do that. Anyone can get a license right away.
After all, deterrence is important. Since I filed a complaint, dangerous driving has disappeared. If I do something dangerous in the sea of Akashi, I’m afraid I don’t know what the mayor will do again.
I’m not telling you not to ride a personal watercraft, I just want you to enjoy riding safely. Only the dangerous behavior of some heartless outlaws is bad, and everyone is inconvenienced. The country does not move sensationally when people die, and do it before the eagle dies. Don’t write the media properly! “
Will Japan start moving from Akashi?
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