Japan police to immediately revoke driver's licenses for road rage asia.nikkei.com

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's National Police Agency unveiled Friday planned changes to the nation's traffic laws that define road rage and impose harsher penalties for dangerous driving, as authorities look to respond to public concern sparked by several high-profile incidents.
The NPA told a traffic safety panel of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party that the new regulations will allow police to immediately revoke drivers' licenses after one confirmed road rage offense to quickly get volatile and dangerous people off the road.
At present, drivers' licenses are only revoked immediately in cases such as drunk driving or driving with a suspended license, among other offenses.
To avoid punishing drivers who have accidentally driven in a dangerous manner in what appears to be a road rage-like incident, police can consider whether repeat offenses are carried out before categorizing it as a road rage incident.
Public concern over road rage in Japan mounted after a high-profile 2017 case in which motorist Kazuho Ishibashi forced a car to stop in the passing lane on an expressway where it was hit by a truck, killing a man and a woman and injuring their daughters.