Broke the signal 3 million!? Do I have to charge a repair fee for the degree of bruise? I asked the lawyer, sir.

A single arrow traffic light installed on a major road with many lanes

Even in the world, there are many public goods, such as traffic lights and vending machines. According to the cabinet white paper released by the Cabinet Office, there are only about 200,800 signals. According to a survey conducted by the Japan automatic sales system Machinery Industry Association, a general association, about 4.04 million 5800 vending machines will be set up in 2020. [picture] even a signal has many shapes and types! In other words, as long as driving on cars and motorcycles, not only people, but also may encounter such public goods, do you know the repair cost in the case of damage to public goods? For example, the signal itself starts at about 1.2 million yen, and in the case of the collapse of the column, the signal column and engineering costs are added, totaling more than 3 million yen. The logo is about 100000 yen to 1 million yen, and the electronic display screen is more than 10 million yen. By the way, the cost of repairing the guardrail is about 1m = 4500 yen. With regard to the electronic bulletin board, if it is not intentional to throw things, or cars, motorcycles and other things are not flying in the air, it is very difficult to consider the occurrence of material damage accidents, but signal lights, signs, guardrails, etc. will collide due to traffic accidents and should be required to pay for repairs. Therefore, in this report, we asked Sakaguchi, a lawyer familiar with traffic accidents and criminal cases, whether he had damaged signals, guardrails and other public goods, and would be arrested if he wanted to escape the crime on the spot. even things with bruises will be required to repair.

You may also be arrested if you destroy public goods.

Someone destroyed the signal, guardrail and other public goods in an attempt to escape from the crime. In that case, if there is evidence to identify the other party, will the police arrest it? Despite the damage to public goods, if he wants to escape from the scene and be exonerated, the police may arrest the person who caused the damage. First of all, in the event of a material damage accident or a traffic accident, there is an obligation to report the occurrence of the accident to the nearest police station and to take measures to prevent the occurrence of danger (article 72, paragraph 1, of the Road Traffic Law). Thus, despite the destruction of public goods, in the case of escaping from the scene, such "breach of reporting obligations, etc." may be subject to criminal penalties for violations of the road traffic law (art. 119, para. 1, No. 10 of the Road Traffic Law). In addition, since the possibility of being judged as a fugitive by the police is high, the situation leading to arrest is sufficient. Is it possible, for example, to pay for repairs to the extent of a scratch or bruise? Even in the case of the degree of bruise, it is possible to pay for repairs. However, it is limited to the guardrail of public goods on the road, because it is assumed that projectiles such as stone or sand will be more or less damaged, so it stays in a slight scratch and will not have a special impact on the use of the road. In many cases, the repair fee is not specially charged. In addition, even private goods will bear the same responsibility as public goods, but I think private goods will often claim compensation in cases such as minor scratches. Is it possible to correct the request through settlement negotiations if the public goods are damaged but the cost of repairs cannot be accepted? If you are not satisfied with the maintenance cost, you can correct the claim. It is considered that there is room for discussion on the appropriateness of the repair cost, but it is fully possible for the two parties to reach an agreement by amending the amount of the repair cost through negotiations. However, in the case of secret escape, there are also many cases where the requested amount has to be paid in terms of the possibility of accepting the above-mentioned criminal punishment. In addition, if you have any insurance, the insurance company will reach an agreement on the maintenance cost at a reasonable amount. Supervisor Xiu Sakaguchi summed up Koizumi Yuanhui of the Moses editorial department

After graduating from Sakaguchi University, Sakaguchi engaged in the radio program production business such as "Radio restrictions of Yamashi" in Tokyo FM. At the age of 28, he aimed at lawyers and passed the old judicial examination in three years. From the first year, it will be responsible for defending more than 100 criminal cases each year. Later, as a lawyer involved in a variety of criminal cases, YouTube "lawyer Sakaguchi Jing CH" is also in the activity. Office name: professional law firm