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Alcoholic vending machine
This a vending machine filled with alcoholic drinks (Mostly beer). It has an electronic driver’s license reader that checks if the customer has the age of majority or not. Not all these vending machines have the driver’s license checking system, but the government wants to introduce the system in all of them. It’s a cool system, but I don’t think it will accomplish the objective for which it is supposed to be designed.
License reader detail.
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koy
26 February, 2008
Is this to encourage drunk driving?
What about adults without driving license? Passport/ID card scanner may be better imo.
ale/pepino
26 February, 2008
Nice point! Encourage drunk driving
There’s no ID card in Japan and not everyone has a driving license (it’s so 20th century), so this age control looks quite lame.
OsakaGuy
26 February, 2008
The liquor store where I lived in Osaka attached a helpful little pocket made out of duct tape on their vending machine with a card anyone could use to activate the machine. Now that’s customer service!
OsakaGuy
26 February, 2008
Sorry, “The liquor store =near= where I lived in Osaka…”
Haha.
Gabuchan
26 February, 2008
They are introducing TASPO for the cigarettes, so they should have a standard card for the alcohol machines too.
Also I noticed that I don’t see these machines too often in the city - mostly in the countryside. Where did you take this pic?
sheerblade
26 February, 2008
Next it’ll be Drive-Thru liquor vending machines. You won’t even have to step out of your car to get smashed.
Neil Duckett
26 February, 2008
Does make it tough for those of us without a license, better get min quick smart!
kirai
26 February, 2008
It’s kind of stupid, yes. I took the picture somewhere in Shibuya, but you are right, these are not very common in the cities.
Karasu-kun
27 February, 2008
When I was there last in ‘96 they had these, I wonder if it was the honor system or they had the DL readers on them back then too? I can’t really remember. Must’ve been too drunk =P
Brad
01 March, 2008
Almost on a daily basis I see cars pulling up at vending machines for beer or smokes. It’s just ridiculous!
Mind you, in Australia there are actual drive through bottle shops. Not many but I have seen a few.
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