TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police have referred the supervisor of a go-kart rental agency to prosecutors for allegedly permitting international clients to make use of the automobiles with out correct licenses.
On September 3, the unnamed male supervisor, aged in his 40s, was despatched to the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Workplace on suspicion of violating the Highway Visitors Act for offering a car to be pushed on a public street to an individual and not using a correct license.
The supervisor has admitted to the allegations, police mentioned, in keeping with the Yomiuri Shimnbun (Oct. 11).
In accordance with a senior officer on the Azabu Police Station, the supervisor is suspected of renting out go-carts to 2 male international vacationers who didn’t have a global driver’s license on April 7. He then allowed them to drive on public roads in Minato Ward.
It’s believed that since final fall the corporate, primarily based in Ota Ward, has allowed round 50 foreigners to drive the carts and not using a license.
Highway Visitors Act
Underneath the Highway Visitors Act, a go-cart working on a public street is taken into account a “regular car.” As effectively, foreigners want a global driver’s license primarily based on the Geneva Conference to drive in Japan.
The 2 international vacationers in query had worldwide licenses, however they had been issued by international locations that aren’t members of the treaty. The corporate had clients ship photographs of their licenses, however workers didn’t verify the validity of the licenses.
On the identical day, one of many two vacationers brought on an accident leading to property injury and was discovered to have been driving and not using a license.
Officers from the Azabu Police Station arrested the 2 males on the spot for violating the Highway Visitors Act for driving and not using a license. An investigation into the rental firm then began.
When the police despatched the paperwork to the prosecutor’s workplace, they beneficial that “a extreme punishment” be administered.
