• KoboldCoterie@pawb.socialEnglish
    9·
    5 days ago

    “This is why we don’t need #US #cars in #Europe”

    We don’t need this shit in the US, either. I hope that tram just rammed the fucker.

    • superkret@feddit.orgOPEnglish
      6·
      5 days ago

      I hope the city seized the truck, auctioned it off, and fined the owner for littering.

      • JubilantJaguar@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        5 days ago

        In Estonia, at your second speeding drunk-driving violation they confiscate your vehicle - and if it’s an SUV they send it to Ukraine.

        For backstory, see latest episode of the podcast The Urbanist Agenda.

        • huppakee@lemm.eeEnglish
          2·
          5 days ago

          I heard this was if you get caught for drunk driving the second time, they stepped up their game damn.

          • JubilantJaguar@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            5 days ago

            You’re right, I meant drunk driving, not speeding.

            But some countries take speeding pretty seriously too (as they should). In Norway you get a short jail spell for something like a 30kmh excess. In Switzerland the fines are adjusted for income so that rich speeders pay more - one guy paid over €1 million! Same system in Finland too, I believe.

            • huppakee@lemm.eeEnglish
              1·
              5 days ago

              Speeding and drink driving play a big part in traffic deaths and also the cost of fixing all the people who do survive is totally preventable so I am all for it. Progressive fines sound very fair too, misbehaving companies in some cases also pay a percentage of their profit so why not citizens as well.

              • andros_rex@lemmy.worldEnglish
                0·
                5 days ago

                My wealthy ex’s family would just pay the tickets, so he never learned.

                I’d beg him not to go 40 in school zones.

    • techt@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      5 days ago

      I know we’re being hyperbolic here but hard disagree – how awful would that be for everyone on-board? And absolutely not worth the damage to public infrastructure. There’s an established procedure for dealing with blockages, and I hope that process irreparably damages the truck and results in a hefty fine for the owner

        • techt@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          5 days ago

          Yeah exactly. Even in jest I loathe this unquestioned impulse to punish the offender without any thought to collateral. This driver’s primary offense is being oblivious to their impact on others – what message is sent if the reaction is just as oblivious?

          Okay I’m done policing morals.