Great! Another law gets toughened. Only problem, so few of the laws already in existence are even enforced. It seems that the only ones that interest authorities are easy to press and involve as little labor and danger to the enforcers as possible.

For example, every day (at least when it's not raining) police up and down the land seem to flock to the quietest, least offensive back road that they can find to jump on some unsuspecting housewife for the most minor traffic violation, as if to achieve a quota on the number of "crimes" cited.

Yet, when most police see a bosozoku on a noisy bike trying to make it rattle more than his chums, they ignore him. What we need is fewer new laws and more honesty in enforcing important ones that now exist.

david wood