{"id":166167,"date":"2024-10-15T11:03:58","date_gmt":"2024-10-15T02:03:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=166167&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2024-10-15T11:04:53","modified_gmt":"2024-10-15T02:04:53","slug":"drunk-driving-electric-scooters","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/drunk-driving-electric-scooters\/","title":{"rendered":"Multiple Arrests in Fukuoka for Drunk Driving on Electric Scooters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Three people were arrested on the morning of October 14 in Fukuoka Prefecture for driving under the influence, including one incident involving an electric scooter. Naoto Ban, a 33-year-old company executive, was caught running a stop sign on an electric scooter in Sawara Ward, Fukuoka City, and was found to have nearly four times the legal alcohol limit in his system. Ban admitted to ignoring the stop sign but claimed ignorance of the ban on drinking and driving electric scooters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, in Yanagawa City and Kitakyushu City, two others\u201442-year-old Miku Terasaki and 51-year-old Koki Shimada\u2014were arrested for driving under the influence. Both admitted to the charges. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/kbc.co.jp\/news\/article.php?id=13787329&amp;ymd=2024-10-14\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">KBC<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-161693\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/fnn_luup_2024_WEB.jpg?resize=1400%2C1050&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Multiple Arrests in Fukuoka for Drunk Driving on Electric Scooters\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/fnn_luup_2024_WEB.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/fnn_luup_2024_WEB.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/fnn_luup_2024_WEB.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/fnn_luup_2024_WEB.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free weekly newsletter <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this <\/span><b>form<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three people were arrested on the morning of October 14 in Fukuoka Prefecture for driving under the influence, including&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":161694,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-166167","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-prefecture","news-category-others","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/166167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=166167"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/161694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=166167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}