Man arrested after leaving car in coin parking lot for six years, racking up ¥3 million bill

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1. Why didn’t they just tow the car ?

   Also 3 million yen is like 20k USD so like not impossible to pay off. Why arrest him ?

2. 6 years? I think after 6 months to a year most of us would be scratching our heads

3. Six years?? At some point the car should’ve been given squatter’s rights on that parking lot.

4. I guess 5 years is the limit then

5. I saw a car near my station, parked in the same spot of a coin parking for over 3 years. Car was obviously abandoned. I remember seeing police come and make a report. I assumed it would soon get towed. Nope. It stayed there for another year before it was finally gone. I wonder how much that guy had to pay.

6. Would be nice to also clear up bike spots near stations… Some bikes do not move for 1+ year, with often piles of rust and a visible layer of dust on them. Wouldn’t even be hard to check if the owners are still alive since all bikes are registered with a unique ID.

7. There are so many cases of lonely deaths nowadays, I imagine it is entirely plausible that some of the cars left in coin parking lots, actually belong to deceased owners.

8. I used to use a parking lot near my office where a car was abandoned for at least 6 months (I stopped going to that office after that, car could still be there maybe)

   I heard you’re not really allowed to touch other people property even if it’s on your own land. It’s pretty crazy.

9. If I see the same car in the same spot for a long time (sometimes with a note taped to the window). I satisfy my curiosity by punching in the number and seeing what the bill is. My current record is ¥8,4000.

10. This feels less like the guy fucked up and more like the police are incompetent as hell.

11. This car has been at the mall by me since last August at least. [https://imgur.com/a/I7DBPY8](https://imgur.com/a/I7DBPY8)

12. “I didn’t actually sell my car, I just forgot where I parked it.”

    – Andy Dwyer

13. having a parking ticket worth more than your car sure is something lol

14. The joke is, that’s still cheaper than parking it in a garage.

15. If a vehicle is abandoned on private property the Police treat it as a Civil matter and will try and excuse themselves. The property owner then Cannot remove the vehicle without the owners permission but the first problem is finding them.
    If they do move the vehicle, it leaves them open to a civil suit for damages.

    The law is screwed.

    https://japantoday.com/category/features/kuchikomi/abandoned-cars-take-advantage-of-blind-spots-in-legal-system

16. When I was living in Takasaki I believe on the 4th floor of a parking garage there’s a car that has wheels that have perished

17. That is a lot of coinage.

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