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Old Jul 6, 2014 | 5:03 am
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Originally Posted by SeriouslyLost
Why would someone carry a Japanese license and an IDP in Japan? If you show an IDP you have to show another license with it. The IDP is simply a translation. Realistically, if you get pulled over in Japan you're going to have to show a passport and/or ARC as well.
Absolutely not true. I've been stopped a dozen times, flashed the IDP and never been asked for another license, passport or ARC.

And... as I pointed out in my earlier post, the IDP is not a translation.


Originally Posted by Pickles
Let me get this straight. You lived in Japan for 3 years (in Shoto, no less) had a Maserati or some other penis replacement machine you regularly drove back and forth from the airport at high speeds, and you were not a "resident"? What were you then?
I've been tagged twice between NRT and Tokyo (once at 160) and they just waved me on after I showed the IDP.
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