• The_Caretaker@urbanists.social
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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.