New data released by the NYPD shows over 6,000 criminal summonses issued to cyclists in the second quarter of 2025. That number increased tenfold compared to the first quarter. That number is also greater than the total number of criminal summonses issued to cyclists in the past seven years.
Are you talking about the TS-mark? You get it when your bike is registered and inspected. If your bike is registered and inspected the inspection fee covers the TS-Mark, you don’t need anything else.
I don’t know who sold you that crap but it sounds like you got scammed.
TS-mark is just one of the types of insurance you can get, you can also get other types of insurances without the inspection. The TS-mark still requires an annual fee to cover the insurance
It’s an annual insurance, it’s ¥2-5000 a year which is around $20.
Are you talking about the TS-mark? You get it when your bike is registered and inspected. If your bike is registered and inspected the inspection fee covers the TS-Mark, you don’t need anything else.
I don’t know who sold you that crap but it sounds like you got scammed.
TS-mark is just one of the types of insurance you can get, you can also get other types of insurances without the inspection. The TS-mark still requires an annual fee to cover the insurance
You mean to cover the inspection fee? The inspection sticker doesn’t have an annual fee.
You don’t need anything else other than the inspection sticker.
Do you live in Japan? Because your knowledge of this sounds to be like trying to talk to ChatGPT.
https://www.tmt.or.jp/safety/pdf/English.pdf
It’s funny because I was thinking the exact same thing of you, lol. I’ve lived here for 10 years, 3 of that in Tokyo.
Had the police pull me over one time in Tokyo and they checked my bike and didn’t say anything about insurance.