Busted: Fukuoka man arrested over drifting

93Regina · Post by **93Regina** » 02 Dec 2018, 21:11

FUKUOKA – A 31-year-old man in Fukuoka Prefecture was referred to
prosecutors on Thursday over the sharing of videos of himself drifting
on Instagram. His elementary-school-age son and others recorded the
footage, police said.

Drifting involves sliding a car sideways through a turn.

The man in the town of Soeda, who has allegedly uploaded more than 20
videos of a similar nature since September last year, told
investigators he wanted people to see his driving technique and said
he was "happy" when the number of his Instagram followers increased,
the police said.

A person who viewed the videos contacted the police.

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Post by **jimmy57** » 02 Dec 2018, 21:33

I have a Suzuki Carry like that. The one he is driving doesn't have the 660cc standard engine. No way that engine would support drifting.

93Regina · Post by **93Regina** » 02 Dec 2018, 22:32

jimmy57 wrote: ↑02 Dec 2018, 21:33No way that engine would support drifting.

Wide tires, and surface appeared to be wet.

Article noted, "The man was charged with violating traffic laws by expanding the width of a small truck beyond the legal limit so as to fit wide tires, and drifting on a road in the prefecture in May this year."

Post by **precopster** » 04 Dec 2018, 00:53

We only got the van version in 1.0L and 1.3L over here. What a great little truck!!

93Regina · Post by **93Regina** » 04 Dec 2018, 11:53

precopster wrote: ↑04 Dec 2018, 00:53little truck!!

If RWD, its rear-end would be feather light....when corning, one side of rear-end would be "lifting," which would allow wheel spinning on lightest side when powered up.