• rabber@lemmy.ca
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    5 days ago

    Did the offender actually pay the bill? Did the tram company have to sue to get the money? Do you have a news article?

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      5 days ago

      @rabber @shadowtofu
      Tram company makes money by moving people. When the tram line stops moving, they lose money by the minute. 1000 Euros per minute plus the standard fee for a parking ticket seems fair. That should make the driver pay attention in the future.

      • mac@lemm.ee
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        5 days ago

        I mean I’m all for fining them but there’s no chance they’re getting 1000 euro/min lol

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          5 days ago

          It’s a network. It not just the people in that tram. But all trams on that line and all people connecting through that line that are effected. And that specific track might actually run multiple lines as well. Depending on the country they might be applicable for an reimbursement fee. And lets not start about all the costs the passengers might incur… So €1000/min seems fine for me for this shit head

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          5 days ago

          @mac Get found to be intentionally delaying a train in Japan and they bill you a huge amount of money. Not just for the train you delayed, it’s also all the trains on the line behind it that also get delayed. 1000 Euros a minute seem reasonable considering the lost money for the tram company and the lost time of thousands of riders. Plus reduced reputation for the reliability and punctuality of the service causes incalculable loss to the train / tram company.

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            5 days ago

            I’m not going to defend this ridiculous vehicle and the extremely poor parking but there’s just no way a court would award 1,000 euros a minute.

            It’s an absurd number you just picked that seems commensurate with everyone’s hatred for these cars.

            Intentionally delaying a train is not analogous to parking your car on a tramway. Intent is important. Also a train might contain several hundred passengers while a tram might have a few dozen at most.

            The reduced reputation as a result of this happenstance will be infinitesimals. No judge would award losses for reputation over this.