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Here in KC they’ve started fining heavily for people who block the rails.
Me? I’d rather they put a cowcatcher on the front and destroy the cars instead.
In Melbourne (Australia), they removed the cow catchers, but not the aggression. You get one, maybe two courtesy bell rings before you get punted.
Why not both? License plate reader that send automatic fine ( like speed camera ) and a cowcatcher that desteoy it after also the car owner should pay for the removing of what left of the car after
Where I am from, the transportation company will call Taxis to get the people to their destination station in case a car blocks the tramline, until the car has been towed. The car owner has to pay the Taxi invoices.
I love this way of dealing with such a situation!
It both helps the passengers (who will still be later than without inconsiderate car parking) and teaches a lesson.
Best way to make sure there’s no weaseling out of the responsibility is to tow the car and only fork it out after an advance payment to cover the taxi costs has been made.
The driver (who maybe wasn’t the owner) has no money? Make it the owner’s problem!Its actually terrible. That just means if you’re rich enough you can ruin people day with no consequences…
I don’t know how to tell you…
…but that’s how the current world works in most parts.
And delayed transport is at the lower end on the scale of life ruining events.
Do I really need to bring up Epstein and the orchestrated abuse and worse?Well, first dealing with a towed car isn’t “no consequences”. Second, right now this guy barely has any consequences for the people he fucked over, and the people he fucked over just have to figure it out themselves, at least with the free taxi thing everyone gets to their destination at a reasonable time and the guy who caused the delay pays for it.
Netherlands?
Germany. I found an article about a case where the parking offender tried to appeal the penalty (translated):
The taxis picked up passengers waiting at the stops and drove them to other stops along the route. This went on for an hour, then the car parked not far from a sign saying “Please keep a sufficient distance from the tracks” was towed away and the route was clear again. This interactive view on Google Street View shows the location.
When the VGF then demanded €973.13, €25 of this was a flat-rate fee for expenses – and the rest was the cost of the rail replacement taxis. After hearing witness statements, the court ruled out any manipulation by the taxi industry, and the court also found no evidence of any delay in towing the car.
Car should be towed and the owner should pay a fine of 1% of their income+wealth, stocks and bonuses included.
That’s way too hard to calculate
Just make it a percentage make value of the car.
Though, considering I had a car that I bought for a carton of beer (the fuel in the car was probably worth more than the beer), you might want to say a minimum.
That car was amazing. A Suzuki baleno for those who are aware, key had snapped off in the lock so the car didn’t lock, started the car with a bottle opener and I could take it anyway
It’s a cybertruck in the snow, at this point it must be mostly rust, you try to tow it it’ll just break apart.
You could use the value of the car as a base. Untill if the car is worth nothing then tow its annoying but so id waiting for someone to come back from whatever. but if it’s a cybertruck tow it then 1% if new would be $1000 plus lot, tow and admin fees.
You know, I don’t think I’ve seen this variant of the trolley problem before
It’s often a Toronto exclusive, where walking is usually faster than taking the streetcar.
So you cant kill anyone with the lever?! no fun.
The tram should just ram it and bill the owner for damages.
But it’s a Cybertruck. So it will instantly break if touched, leaving even more insanely sharp edges…
They should add nudge bars. Damage the car, leave the tram unscathed.
Why does the streetcar not simply eat the smaller weaker streetcar?
It should be the norm, but in reality the tram/trolley/streetcar is going to end up damaged, and people it carries injured. Besides, it would be to beg for a lawsuit.
Fucking plow through it!
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
And risk damaging the streetcar?
Even if you try to force the vehicle owner to pay, there’s no guarantee they will. Not to mention the non zero chance of causing a breakdown of the streetcar.
There’s also the small chance the vehicle isn’t just parked there, but something happened.
Honestly you’re just better off calling a tow or something.
they should have cowcatchers, asshole drivers pay for any damages caused to the cowcatchers.
And risk damaging the streetcar?
I imagine if a kampfwagen gets bumped by just about anything, the biggest hazard would be random stainless steel and plastic litter all over the street.
There’s also a non-zero chance it will just go critical and set itself ablaze. XD
someone in other post about tesla parked in wrong lane, told me “Woah now, are we sure killing somebody is the right call here? It’s only illegal parking after all.” When I said call the police!
Bro, if you don’t know where to park, don’t fucking drive!!! Where I live, we have tons of idiots like these, blocking sidewalks and transit, so we fucking call the police!!!It was a joke about police brutality.
literally the one and only thing they’re good for, make em do something for their $ that day instead of sleeping in their car somewhere
This happens every fucking winter and not just with these trash cans but all cars. In most of our streets the streetcars don’t have a dedicated and separated lane (or signal priority), making them pretty much just worse buses that stop in the middle of the street, making you cross a car lane on the way to the sidewalk.
What does a Cybertruck weigh? I wanted those guys to tip it onto the sidewalk. Could 8 passengers turtle that thing?
I think they’re like 6,500 Lbs.
And most of the weight is close to axle height because it’s largely from the battery pack under the vehicle.
Has the driver been made famous yet?
You roll up in that situation… you tomato sauce that bitch 100 percent.
The punishment should be determined based on exactly when they purchased their teslar. /s
All cybertrucks were sold when we knew Elon was fucked in the head though. That’s only valid for other Tesla models.
Why are Tesla owners so often dicks?
