Police DIG caught 'red-handed' without driving license

DIG Gopal Man Shrestha of the Armed Police Force (APF) was caught red-handed by a Japanese volunteer traffic instructor driving without a license on
Wednesday, reports said Thursday.
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Shame on the DIG.
Thumbs up to Mr. Baba. Great Job.

Once I met a few Japanese guys in Kathmandu who
were training the Nepal Police. I had recommended
them to train retired police, govt. officials and free
volunteers and run campaigns like in Japan, i.e.
teach Nepalis themselves to check the traffick
system. Those who were in Japan must have seen
the old (retired) people participating in safety
campaigns: especially, signals, seat belt and
alcohol issues. I liked those Road Safety Associations,
I certainly disliked the way police snatches 1,500 yen
in the name of these associations. They don't
tell you why are you paying if you don't know what
that Safety Associations, especially, if you are
foreigner and know little or no Japanese language
reading and writing. ...... This is how these
Safety Associations are run, and in turn your driving
license application / renewal forms are filled by these
RSA agents.

In any sense, getting driving license in Japan is a dream
because it probably costs more than the cost of the car
you drove to learn driving it. "GIJUTSU WARUI", "GIJUTSU
TARINAI" were certainly regular disgusting phrases for those
who ever tried to get license in Japan. Show me a foreigner
who got license on first trial. I got it in second trial, that is
best one, I ever heard. A fellow examinee who was US
citizen driving his own car under international license got
failed for 3 times and he was comforting me for not getting
on first trial. He was so happy to get it on forth trial.

While back in Nepal, I went to Bagmati Driving Center,
the best driving school at the time I was there. Five guys
or more went to driving test on the same day as I went,
only me cleared the driving test in field, but, all of them
got license at the same time as I got. Well, these guys
atleast tested themselves, I had an Indian Friend and a
several Bangladeshi Friend who got license through Internet
by paying 3000yen to the agent through internet and
received fresh international license in Japan. Driving license
is a great underground business in developing countries,
where a driving license is itself a social status.

Well, in USA, getting license is as easy as getting a
credit card. In Japan, you can trust day time drivers
but, looking at the way they get license in USA, I am
scared to trust drivers especially, in poor states like
the one I am staying right now.

So, Mr. DIG in Nepal was thinking it as his right to
drive without caring what a signal means and what
a driving license means? I am just waiting what
happens to him or will he be just forgiven?

GP

अब, दाइको सडकका अड्डाँ गेऽर यसो चिया सिया ख्वाएर बनाएर लेराऽको लाइसेन्स् थियो होला। अनि फिल हुनु भो फस् ट्याममै, जापानी सापानी पनि लटर पटर हुँदाखेरि जानु भाऽ होला।

नेपालाँ गेऽर केटी खोजेर, बे गरेर आउने साथिले पो उछिनिराऽ रे क्या त्यो मेन्ख्यो लिन हिँड्नी एउटा सोमलाई त।

What the heck is GP talking about?

I am sorry GP, but you seriously need to work on your writing skills. Half the time I was wondering whether you are talking about Nepal or Japan. And the other half, I was questioning how is what you are writing relevant to the topic. C'mon now!

Well, I admire Baba-san (a very strange name, hai, especially for Japanese because the word means old lady in not so flattering way) for making his stand. Shame on that DIG!!! And shame on our system for allowing such impunity among those with power!! Precisely what is wrong in our nation.