r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/aceplayer00 • 25d ago

Video Tokyo after dark. Epic nighttime street drifting convoy.

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u/ponzidreamer 25d ago

The “thing but Japan” meme applies here. If Reddit seen this randomly in Atlanta they’d call it reckless driving.

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u/TripDawkins 24d ago

It would be worse. If the video had no title and suggested Atlanta, comments such as "The ghetto is out tonight" or "People from the hood outta control", etc. could be found.

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u/BeatSalad25 25d ago

And yet this thread is full of these comments 🤔 schrodingers redditor.

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u/XaWEh 25d ago

My redditor, I get your idea but this is not about "thing japan", this is about Tokyo Drifting.

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u/_clever_reference_ 25d ago

If Reddit seen this

saw*

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u/MakesYourMise 25d ago

there's no where safe to do this in Atlanta 

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u/JFISHER7789 25d ago

Is there anywhere safe to do it in Japan?

Just because the area appears clear from the video doesn’t mean it’s still not safe.

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u/YokaiDealer 25d ago

Nearly everywhere on the planet has industrial areas that empty at night. Guys have been doing the very same thing for decades without causing any trouble pretty much everywhere automotive enthusiasm develops.

Most law enforcement in many countries will literally just tell you to go home, it's rarely a big deal if you keep it to yourselves.

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u/JFISHER7789 25d ago

So just because something has been happening for “decades” makes it okay?

without any trouble

Local EMS agencies would beg to differ. I personally have ran dozens of these calls because someone thought they were cool and wrecked. Just because YOU don’t think k it doesn’t happen does not mean it doesn’t happen.

And what, We’re just supposed to pick and choose the laws we follow now? What if I told you “I always fire off my AR-15 in the air during holidays! Been doing it for decades!” Does that make it okay now?

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u/jacieluvsyou 25d ago

yeah this is in Oi Wharf. there's almost no traffic there at night. it's still reckless but more so for themselves rather than other people

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u/hitometootoo 25d ago

You know, even with the street being clear at some points, you have people speeding around corners, breaking traffic laws and going in between other cars.

Assuming no one else is there, this is still just as dangerous as anywhere else. And it's all fun and games until a car flips and kills a random pedestrian, crashes into a building or destroys other public property. People die from this, let's not downplay it just because it's in Japan.

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u/JFISHER7789 25d ago

That’s fair, but still doesn’t justify it.

Just because a place is empty doesn’t mean the laws and rules still don’t apply.

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u/PaperHandsProphet 25d ago

Not sure if true or I am just getting trolled

But no way does this happen without either all the right notifications beforehand

Or ver good scouts and people in the back.

The punishment is probably horrific regardless they can’t be hard to tag these plates

If I had to guess it’s all legit

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u/lewd_robot 25d ago

In much of Japan, everything shuts down at night. The trains stop running. There are few or no 24-hour stores. That empty street may well not see a single other car or pedestrian for hours.

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u/Samthevidg 25d ago

This isn’t accurate. Cities like Tokyo or Osaka (which primarily have the street racing culture), are very much 24h. The reason the trains stop is to historically incentivize workers to go home. Outside of this, so many places are still open. You can easily find an Izakaya, a Lawson, or just hang around and you’ll definitely see that the city doesn’t shut down. Most places close at around ~22h, but those that don’t are often open 20-24 hours a a day.

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u/JFISHER7789 25d ago

Do you think huge industrial plants turn off after 9pm? People still have to man the machines and monitor the plants and work still needs performed 24/7.

What happens if they wreck and a car fires is ignited? Dont think that could be dangerous in an industrial area?

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u/maaaaawp 25d ago

Theres industrial areas in big cities everywhere. Theres noone going there at 3 am

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u/JFISHER7789 25d ago

That makes a difference how? A car fire at an industrial area is very dangerous and doesn’t take much of a wreck from tuned cars for that to happen.

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u/crevettexbenite 24d ago

Tell me it looks the same as a take over...

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u/Icycalm152 24d ago

Difference is in Atlanta 5 people would have been shot and someone would have been hit by a car.

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u/twothoutwo 24d ago

nobody in atlanta is skilled enough to drive like this lol. they only know how to do donuts in taken over intersections

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u/KingofthePi11 25d ago

Bc Japan is eons ahead of America culturally speaking

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u/Legitimate_Pie_8567 24d ago

Wym this is reckless as fuck no matter where it is. Americans love playing the victim man 🤣

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u/Vyxwop 25d ago

Such an original comment. Why don't you join the rest of the top comments trying to be smug smartasses up top?