常時英心:言葉の森から 1.0

約10年間,はてなダイアリーで英語表現の落穂拾いを行ってきました。現在はAmeba Blogに2.0を開設し,継続中です。こちらはしばらくアーカイブとして維持します。

competition-style BMX bicycle

バイク(自動二輪)に関しては一家言がありますが、こちらのバイクについてはしろうとです。でも「競技用の」という言い回しは前から気になっていました。このように言うのですね。(UG)

Japan arrests its first cyclist for riding bike without brakes

Police in Tokyo have revealed that a cyclist was arrested for the first time in Japan for riding a brakeless bike, which was in violation of the Road Traffic Act. The Metropolitan Police Department added that the 31 year old man had warned several times that riding his competition-style BMX bicycle in the city was against the law, as it did not have brakes on the back wheel, and can warrant fines of up to 50,000 yen (about US$500).

The Road Traffic Act requires that a bicycle have brakes installed on both wheels in order to be ridden on public roads, and Tokyo police say they warned the unnamed man first in March of 2012, and again in June 2012, to put brakes on the back wheel. He was fined for riding in the capital city’s Yoyogi neighborhood, but apparently declined to show up for his court summons a total of seven times. As he continued to refuse paying the fine, he was taken into custody on Monday.

http://japandailypress.com/japan-arrests-its-first-cyclist-for-riding-bike-without-brakes-1239413/