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Originally Posted by Nyororin
With bicycles, they check the registration (all are registered when they`re purchased) to see if it`s been reported stolen. Unfortunately, there ARE a lot of stolen bicycles making the rounds in the foreign community simply because people don`t realize that they keep records of them so never worry about it when they receive one from a friend... who received it from a friend of a friend... who somewhere along the line stole it. Just like you wouldn`t just accept a car without checking the registration - a bike is the same.
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wow the episode about receiving stolen bikes from a friend actually happened to me, and i was arrested for it after using the bike for a couple of weeks. i was 17/18 years old at that time, so they brought me to the juvenile department of the nerima-ku central police station to be questioned by 6 police officers (暇人).
they do let me go with a warning, but they don't forget to take my photos, fingerprints and all. but the thing is, even the police is very polite!
i can't really complain much though because i'm the one who lack the knowledge about bike licenses.