
来年4月から施行、罰則は設けず周知徹底を図る
静岡県が全国ワースト6位の自転車ヘルメット着用率を改善するため、高校生の通学時着用を義務化する全国初の条例改正を可決。来年4月施行で罰則はなく、高校生の自転車事故多発と着用率低迷が背景にある。
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2023年の改正道交法施行で自転車のヘルメット着用は努力義務となった。静岡県全体の着用率は25年の警察庁調査で9.9%と47都道府県中ワースト6位。県内では24年以降3年連続で高校生の死亡事故が発生している。
自転車のヘルメット着用率が全国ワースト6位の静岡県が、事故撲滅へ一歩を踏み出した。特に着用率が低い高校生を対象に、通学中の自転車でのヘルメット着用を義務付ける全国初の条例改正が県議会で可決され、来年4月から施行される。県の担当者は「事故が多いからこその不名誉な全国初だ」と複雑な思いを明かしつつ、汚名返上へ期待を寄せる。
「青切符」導入控え、高校生が啓発 自転車事故ゼロへ、活動広がる―大阪
高校生の自転車でのヘルメット着用は、2023年の改正道交法施行で努力義務になった。静岡県全体の着用率は、25年に警察庁が実施した調査で9.9%と、47都道府県中ワースト6位。県内で24年以降3年連続で高校生の死亡事故も起きていた。
静岡県警によると、昨年までの5年間で県内の高校生の自転車事故は3559件に上り、小学生(551件)、中学生(901件)を大きく上回った。事故時のヘルメット着用率はわずか4.7%で、小学生の68.8%、中学生の47.2%に比べて極端に低かった。
事故多発や着用率低迷を受け、県は自転車条例の改正に踏み切った。高校生の通学時の着用を義務付けるが、違反時の罰則規定はない。県は来年4月の施行に向け、チラシやポスターを通じて周知徹底を図っている。条例改正に携わった高橋勝・県くらし交通安全課長は「通学で自転車を使う機会が多い高校生の着用促進は急ぐべきだった」と振り返り、「自分の将来を守るために着用してもらいたい」と強調する。
交通安全教室などで自転車のルール順守を啓発している日本交通安全教育普及協会(東京都)の担当者は「致命傷は頭部損傷によるものが多い。自転車利用率の高い高校生を対象とした改正は良い取り組みだ」と評価。その上で、「高校生だけでなく、大人も事故のリスクは同じだ。大人になってもそのままヘルメットの着用を続けるような意識になってほしい」と話した。
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来年4月の施行に向け、静岡県内でヘルメット着用率の向上が見込まれる
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At the first trial of the "Luffy" case held at the Tokyo District Court, leader Yuki Watanabe (42) admitted special fraud, but denied part of the conspiracy, stating that he did not conspire in the first three robberies and that he only assisted his accomplices in the remaining four.

On November 6, the Tokyo District Court sentenced a 53-year-old male defendant, a career bureaucrat at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, to a one-year suspended sentence for defaming a third party's reputation by sending an e-mail containing false sexual preferences to a third party while pretending to be a female acquaintance. From March to May 2026, the defendant posted on message boards pretending to be a woman and responded 147 times to third parties who sent emails. The victim suddenly started receiving phone calls and text messages from people she didn't know, which caused her to go to the hospital due to mental distress. The incident was said to have been caused by an "unexpected personnel change," and the defendant had been unilaterally developing suspicions with the victim since the summer of 2025.

Yuki Watanabe (42), an executive of the Luffy Group based in the Philippines, had his first jury trial held on the 11th at the Tokyo District Court, where he denied charges of robbery resulting in death and stated, ``I was just helping an accomplice.'' Admitted to special fraud. Arguments are scheduled for December 2nd, with sentencing scheduled for December 14th.

In June 2024, the Maebashi District Court sentenced the defendant, a 39-year-old woman, to 1 year and 2 months in prison, suspended for 4 years, in connection with an accident in which a second-year high school student who was riding her bicycle to school was hit and killed by an oncoming vehicle on a road in Maebashi City. Although the defendant was found to be seriously negligent for failing to look to the left, consideration was given to the fact that the victim was driving in the right lane. The bereaved family is appealing for safety on the route to school.

A jury trial was held at the Toyama District Court on the 10th for Keihiro Shimazu (30), a former Self-Defense Forces officer who attacked a police box and shot and killed an elementary school security guard in Toyama City in 2018. A total of four family members of the two murdered men appeared in court and gave their opinions. The trial will conclude with an argument on the 12th and an argument on the 16th, with a verdict scheduled for December 8th.

In October, it was discovered that a chartered pleasure boat carrying junior high school students on a school trip was sailing off the coast of Iki Island, Nagasaki Prefecture, with more than 80 people on board, compared to its capacity of 48 people. The 7th Regional Coast Guard Headquarters is voluntarily questioning the ship's captain and others regarding possible violations of the Ship Safety Act. There were no injuries to the students.