On May 15, Tatsuo Matsumoto hit a vehicle in front of him while riding in Higashimurayama, Tokyo, on his Harley Davidson tricycle. Before the police arrived, Tatsuo left. the dent it left cost the owners 400,000 yen (about $2,913) to fix. The Tokyo Metropolitan Police launched an investigation and managed to identify the 69-year-old’s motorcycle through video recorded by the victim’s camera. About two months later, a police officer spotted Tatsuo’s motorcycle in Kiyose, Tokyo. Tatsuo, however, sped through a narrow path where no car could fit. The officer then chased the motorcycle on foot and eventually caught up with the man at a dead end. Tatsuo initially told the officer he left his driver’s license at home before eventually admitting he didn’t have one and was arrested shortly after. More from NextShark: Chinese American Communities in New Jersey Donate Over $30,000 to Fight Coronavirus It was discovered that Tatsuo had failed the written part of the motorcycle license test six times before giving up in the late 1980s. He explained that he had been riding motorcycles since he was 17, when he was first caught driving without a license. Tatsuo was also caught in his 50s. The 69-year-old bought the motorcycle four years ago and told the dealer he had forgotten his license at home when he bought the bike for about six million yen (about $43,712). “Four years ago when I bought a Harley [three-wheeled motorcycle] for about 6 million yen at a motorcycle shop in Saitama Prefecture, the clerk asked me to show my license, but I said, “I forgot my license, I’ll bring it later,” Tatsuo told NTV News. More from NextShark: Chained Chinese mother of 8 confirmed as victim of human trafficking The story continues Featured Image: YouTube More from NextShark: Massachusetts AP Chinese Class Zoombed with “Slew of Racist Insults” Do you like this content? Read more from NextShark! Japanese model divorces her husband after spending literally all of his money
