So… just to set the record straight in case Mr K doesn’t..!
“We’ve barely been in Japan for like, six hours and have been driving towards the Fuji area to our onsen for the night and Mr K’s just been pulled over by two policemen on motorbikes for illegally crossing a yellow line! I was using Google maps and giving him directions – and we both knew we needed to be in the right hand lane, which was fine. But then two policemen on motorbikes came up behind us with their lights on so naturally, Keith moved into the left hand lane to let them pass. And they just didn’t. They didn’t pass us. They just rode slow and all the traffic around and behind them slowed right down (speeding normally being a favourite pastime around here!). Mr K didn’t want to cut them off and our exit up came up really quickly on the right and we needed to move into the right hand lane – but by then the line in the middle of the road was a single solid yellow one and so we changed lanes because if we didn’t, we’d end up getting royally lost! So next thing you know, the cops have turned on their sirens and started yelling at us on a megaphone in Japanese and Keith had to find a place on a motorway to safely pull over!
Long story short – one of the cops was training the other one, and he’s probably never written an international ticket before, so we ended up at a local police station with Mr K getting a ¥6000 fine which literally took over an hour!” 🤣
Jail house selfie:
