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I'm curious why Japanese cop cars need a screen to stop the sirens blowing off!

Siren actually appears to be located below drivers side headlight :D

As for the lights, i agree... surely by putting a shield there, they are compromising the aerodynamics of the car, which means that they cant go as fast as they would be able to if the screen wasn't there.

They should just bolt the lightbars to the roof/roof rack, like all the other Police forces across the world do!

oh... and how many light bars did they lose before they decided that this was a good idea?

I've seen these screens on some really old Japanese Police cars. (70's)

I've seen these screens on some really old Japanese Police cars. (70's)

I think you've answered the question yourself there. Its probably done because its always been done for decades. Thats how a lot of stuff works in japan. So much bureaucracy that even obvious stuff is overlooked because a piece of paper says different. I would expect that the police body in Japan is one of the most bureaucratic institutions in the country, so change is very difficult(read impossible). You see a lot of stuff like this in Japan. Its always been done, why question it?

As for the lights, i agree... surely by putting a shield there, they are compromising the aerodynamics of the car
They're only compromising already compromised aerodynamics... (ie: having the lights on top).

Anyways, I believe having a flap there to direct wind over the lights actually helps rather than compromises.

I remember one guy who said that that flap thingy was there so that a head-up display could reflect back info to the driver of the cop car... :confused:

I remember one guy who said that that flap thingy was there so that a head-up display could reflect back info to the driver of the cop car... :confused:

I've heard that too, but it just sounded plain wrong.

...i don't think they had head-up display technology in the '70s ;)

I'm happy with the wind deflector theory, and I'll stick with that one :P

  • 2 weeks later...

to add a bit onto the gaijin explaination...

Jin is a suffix that means 'persons' or 'people', so Australians are literally 'Australia-jin', japanese are 'Nihonjin' (Nihon = Japan), english are Eigo-jin... add 'Gai' which (afaik) 'outside', and you have gaijin, meaning 'outside people'...

I'm doing japanese as a subject for my uni degree, which I'm doing externally at the uni I work for... I've always been facinated by the jap culture, and learning the language is a complete eye opener... sounds a bit fruity, but it's very rewarding... but I'm still learning, and some of it is challenging... Nihongo ga sukoshi hanashimasu. :)

I'm hoping to get an IT job in Japan, but I'm being realistic... from the stories of racism and hyper-compeditive job markets, it may be difficult.

Edit: Some more on the gaijin thing... you've got 'gaiteki' which translates to both 'outside' and 'foreign enemy'... so I guess you could say that (like a lot of stuff in japanese) it has several similar meanings... outsider, foreigner, alien, etc.

  • 4 months later...

I lived in Osaka in 2000 for a year and had heaps of fun drifting almost daily at Nanko and other little wharfs along the bay. Back then the cops just did the old drive past and then u wait till they go home. Returning to Osaka last year I was shocked to find many barriers and gates installed at my favourite haunts. Oviously the police are making a move on drift in the city. Of cource certain areas are still great but it may not be long before mountains are the normal drift site. Nanko minami is basically shut down now with the road barriers in place.

Police and governments may be changing their attitudes in Osaka.

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