(Mainichi/Honami Hayashi)
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department’s Seijo Police Station and others held a summer festival for traffic safety in the capital’s Setagaya Ward on August 30. Stunt performers, who perform dangerous scenes instead of actors, reenacted traffic accidents. By performing scenes such as two bicycles without lights crashing into each other, they showed how frightening traffic accidents can be.
Japanese original
(Mainichi Shogakusei Shimbun)
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