Just a kinda different idea here about this all... Mate of mine is Japanese and he is quite an avid fan of the Initial D stuff (Trust me, if there's something Initial D, he's probably got it, somewhere), and he made the observation that nowhere in the entire series is there any mention of police, but from his experiences of Japan as a child, if there was any hint of street racing, the police were all over it fairly quickly. Wonder why this was omitted? Probably would have made it too Fast and the Furious like (Very bad thing!)