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Item Description
The Shoshinsha mark or Wakaba mark is the green and yellow V-shaped symbol that new Japanese drivers must display on their cars for one year. (A driver must display this mark one in front of the car, and one on back of the car, after they take a standard driver's license, for one year. This obligation is only for standard license, not for motorcycle, large vehicle, special car, etc.)
Its official name is The Beginner Drivers' Sign, shoshin untensha hyōshiki).
Conversely, the orange and yellow "Fukushi mark" or "Koreisha mark" denotes elderly drivers. Both marks are designed to warn other drivers that the marked driver is not very skilled, either due to inexperience or old age.
The Koreisha mark is an orange and yellow teardrop-shaped statutory sign that is set up in the Road Traffic Law of Japan to indicate "aged person at the wheel". Its official name is the aged drivers' sign , kōrei untensha hyōshiki). It also called momiji mark autumn leaf mark). Some people call it kareha mark (dried leaf mark) or Ochiba mark (fallen leaf mark), but they are not pleasant words.
The law decrees that when a person who is aged 70 and over drives a car and if his/her old age could affect the driving, he/she should endeavor to display this mark on both the front side and the rear side of the car. Drivers aged 75 and over are obliged to display the mark.
Each set includes 2 badges: 1) suction cup version 2) magnetic version
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