Its cold inside

Our bedroom sits in a corner that is exposed to the wind but not the sun. On days like today it sounds like a hurricane is going on outside. We try to huddle together to warm up but when it is 50 degrees in the house it is easier said than done.
I wanted to share some interesting tidbits that I learned about this last week. We learned that the color of the license plate tells the other drivers whether the car is considered a large car or a small car. Why would you need to know that? Well it turns out that they determine who is at fault for the accident based on who has the larger vehicle based on the assumption that the larger vehicle does more damage so they should pay more. We thought that was pretty silly, until we realized we have a small car:) Also we think about the states and other countries where the big cars bully the small ones, but that doesn't happen here, plus it is an extra incentive to have small fuel efficient cars instead of big gas guzzling ones.
I had also noticed some cars have some stickers that I assumed meant somthing like biodiesel run or hydrogen run or something but it turns out that one means that the driver is a new driver and the other that the driver is a senior citizen driver. I will have to get pictures of the stickers later. Just a few interesting things about driving in Japan.