Originally Posted by
YariGuy
There's no need - Japanese know to give wide berth to car license plates with わ (wa) or れ (re).
I believe れ is only used in popular rental locations like Okinawa or Hokkaido when they run out of わ. Otherwise rental cars are just わ.
Good thing Japan is a safe place, that kind of thing got people killed in Florida.
I didn’t notice any difference in how other drivers treated me with the rental car vs when I was driving a private personal car from a family friend on a prior trip, although I did notice drivers are getting a little more aggressive, including speeding (driving 100+ instead of 80), weaving around traffic, passing then cutting in and some younger folks with loud exhaust tuned cars who were the most aggressive.
It ain’t the 405 freeway but it seemed slightly less genteel than prior visits. I did get horn blasted one time while stopping briefly with my signal on to scan if a parking lot had a space opening up.