Do not try this at home!

Japan is well known as a global car manufacturer. This happened when I worked at a global car rental company. A Japanese man arrived to rent his car he found it on a huge parking lot with lots of other cars. He turned on the key when he still was standing outside the car. He should never had done that! The gear was set to the first gear and the car started to drive rolling away...he ran after but couldn´t stop the accident from happen. It rammed/crashed into not one but two other cars. He damaged 3 cars!!! The car rental representative was a tall large Swede who had to explain to him that he had to pay for the damaged cars. The Japanese man said that it was not his fault. The Swede explained that one have to check everything inside the car before you start the car. The reason why the car is in gear one. The representative bent down and patted him on the shoulder and explained again that he was so sorry but that it was the customer´s fault. After a week or two the car rental company got a complaint from the gentleman saying that he was assaulted by the Swede and forced to sign some documents regarding that he was guilty. A culture clash to say the least. I do feel sorry for this man but still it was his fault. I wonder what a real assault is like in Japan?