前回の東京五輪前年、見ての通り自転車は全員、車道左端を通行していました。なぜこれが現在のカオス状態に陥ってしまったのでしょう。そこにはとある法改正が影響しています。

Take a look at this photo. This is a picture of Tachibana Bridge in Miyazaki City from about 60 years ago. Not only are the people's expressions cheerful during the period of rapid economic growth, but there's also a neat separation of cars, bicycles, and pedestrians. It's a bit like Amsterdam or Copenhagen. This isn't just a Miyazaki phenomenon; it was like this all over the country. Looking at this photo, the biggest difference from today is, without a doubt, the nature of bicycles. What are bicycles like in the Reiwa era? Simply put, the current situation is that bicycles are ridden carelessly on the road, sidewalks, left and right. As a result, bicycle accidents (especially on sidewalks) are on the rise. Illegal electric mopeds are also rampant. Why has traffic, which should have been like this originally, now fallen into chaos, with no distinction between sidewalks and roads? The story goes back to the 1970 revision of the Road Traffic Act. To see the path bicycle-to-sidewalk policy has taken since then, please see the link below. [The strange fact that Japan is almost the only country in the world that accepts "bicycles on the sidewalk"]    • 世界中でほぼ日本だけが「自転車=歩道」を容認しているという不思議な事実。その結果、何...   #Showa #Sidewalk #PedestrianSidewalk #LegalAmendment #1970 #MamaChari #PersonalMobility #RoadTrafficAct #RoadTransportVehicleAct #BicycleCommuter #SatoshiHikida [For business inquiries, please contact us here] [email protected] (Contact: Kasai)