Stippy.com "Only in Japan" Series - Where's Your Helmet?

[malgoajoe]

@suzukiaddress125 Yes, as ridiculous as it seems, they do. You get a fine too. D心配ないで日本のやりかったの方が正しいよ。間違いない。ヘル­メットを使うは保育園ぐらいの年れい。かレースだけ。ふだんはい­らないですよ

[shomay8]

確かに日本は自転車多いけど、自転車専用の道が無いのは道路が狭­いからだと思うけどなあ。そもそも国土が狭いししょうがないと思­う。今更自転車専用の道を作れば自動車の渋滞のもとになるし、最­悪店の立ち退きとかも起きそう。ヘルメットの義務化はぶっちゃけ­ヘルメットがあった方がふらふらして転びそうな気がする。

[hentaijapman]

日本は超自転車後進国だしね…

車道を車が我が物顔で走ってるし情けない国だ…

海外に行けば国道のど真ん中も住宅街や市街地も自転車専用道路や­専用地帯だったりする

車は居住者や救急車両しか進入できないようになってる法律で

つまり車に轢かれかけながら走る日本で事故ったらヘルメットかぶ­ってようが即死だろうね・・・

[necrophoipc]

私はあなたを理解することができます！私は私のグーグルで翻訳の­力を得た

[necrophoipc]

私は、このくそったれがクラッシュすることがない！

[chikurin4807]

自分の国でこんなことやったら殴られるから、絶対にやらないだろ­うね、この男。

[mrrrxxxxx]

I agree it's ridiculous to wear helmets on pedal bikes

[malgoajoe]

Dude I`m Australian and I`m so embarrassed by your attitude. First of all this is not an English speaking country, second of all Bicycle helmets were only compulsory in Australia from the early 1990s anyway and being compulsory SUCKS.

[suzukiaddress125]

@malgoajoe what if you ride a bike with no helmet in Australia? do police stop you for that?

[Jimaera]

"I never crash." XD Good answer.

[kenjiyouhei]

自転車で事故った記憶がほとんど無いのだが

頭ぶつけるか自転車で？

[wxRyuxw]

日本なのだから、すこしは日本語で話しかける努力をしてほしいも­のだ。

英語が万国共通だからといってズカズカ話しかけるべきではない。

・・・と、ここに日本語で書いてる自分って。。

[littlefoot7777]

日本もスポーツ自転車が普及すればヘルメットも自然に普及してく­るだろうけども・・・

それ以前に道路環境が酷すぎる。自動車のことしか考えていない道­路が多すぎる。

エコとか環境とか叫んで京都議定書を作るぐらいなら、自転車で世­界一周が安全快適にできるような環境を作れといいたい。

日本の自転車に対する意識の低さは、ほんと恥さらしもいいとこだ­よ。

[puchi1017]

cuz wearing helmet is the symbol of elementary school kids. and we r pretty stylish, so don't wanna destroy hair style and all that stuff.

[swyda001]

Don't need a helmet as they don't cycle on roads ( on the foot path instead) as in other countries.

[uberrokk]

Helmets destroy an otherwise nicely groomed hair, only ugly and insecure people wear helmets lawl

[16nine]

the only silly people in this film are the tourists who expose their lack of knowledge about helmets in a rather embarassing manner.

Helmets are designed to protect the head against cuts and non life-threatening concussions in solo falls. They have little or no effect when a cyclist is hit by a motor vehicle.

The Japanese, like the Dutch and the Danes, are far more enlightened than the tourists.

[siamsato]

health and safety my arse!

[amatera]

英語なんざわかんないZE

[CradLeRcker]

wut are helmets?

[SouIjacker]

I'd strongly advice people not to use helmets other than what skateboarders use (somewhat spherical). If you use a bike helmet (just like the one on this video) there's a higher chance of you ending up paralyzed/dead. The increase in height, presence of long air slits and the high friction material will decrease the amount of leverage required to snap your neck and tear your spine.

[LawnGnome152]

shhhh don't tell them!

[novulet]

It's exactly the same here in the Netherlands.

[sidjtd]

Lol I never use helmets when I use my bicycle.

Japan is not like America where you are going unbelievable speeds on long stretch roads or crappy roads.

Yeah, this video is terrible. It depends on communication gap and cultural insult (why arent you doing what my superior culture is doing?)

[sanjiyan]

Not really. I don't remember helmets being commonplace until the law where I live started requiring them. The communication gap is expected and there is no real sense of insult; there are many who don't remember a time when helmets weren't used at all.

Oh, and I'm a witness, btw. I'm guessing they wear them there because the foreign missionaries carry that habit of helmet wearing to Japan.

[tesladownes]

lol... someone with a helmet rode by my office the other day, and the receptionist was like, "look! a jehovah's witness!"

apparently jehovah's witnesses are the only people who wear helmets in tohoku. which is so great.

[avatarion]

i dont wear a helmet and theres snow and icy roads here for half the year..

[imluvinyourmum]

i dont wear a helmet and im freakin australian this guy is a doosh

[yakuzablitz]

Dunno about this vid - I think you're losing focus. Is it about the weirdness of Japan and (in this video at least) the fact that no biker uses a helmet or is the vid about you surprising people with English and then not understanding? I'd rather you cover the quirky bits of Japan without resorting to miscommunication gags.

[masterkershaw]

hmmm... too kool for the aussie helmet ay

[echothunder]

In Japan, almost all people put on helmet during riding a bicyle. Of cource, to ride a motorbike, helmet is nessesary.

I think people usually run walker's road and can't run on a high-speed. So it isn't dangeous. Only people who often run near cars use helmets.

I never have an idea that riding a bicyle needs a helmet!

[frescooo]

lool