• Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org
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    a cyclist in San Francisco sued the Google-owned company after she was seriously injured when one of the brand’s driverless taxis stopped in a cycle lane and a passenger opened its back door, striking the cyclist

    Well, in Germany the cyclists would have the law 100% on their side and win every case.

    is “normal practice” for the autonomous vehicles

    And if it is done deliberately (repeatedly), then the car’s operator is in the area of criminal law.

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      Well, in Germany the cyclists would have the law 100% on their side and win every case.

      Likewise in the Netherlands, because our laws are still sane.

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        Difference is that in the Netherlands you will barely come near a car when cycling. Germany‘s cycling lanes on the other hand are barely distinguishable from the road.

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          What do you mean, a few dots of white paint on a four lane road is perfectly fine cycling infrastructure!? /s

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      In Germany, someone would snap pictures to write a ticket before they even got out of the car and I’m all here for it. Sometimes being petty is exactly what we need.

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        Not really. Parking in the bike lane is common to avoid blocking the road.

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          Like cars parking and covering most of the foot path. So they block less of the road, when in reality, most of the time they cause the same kind of blockage (only one car can now pass instead of two) as if they parked fully on the road. But now prams and other “wide” pedestrians needs to go onto the road.

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            You claim something that is wrong from my lived reality in said country. I never claimed it was good.

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                Deine Tatsachenbehauptung ist trotzdem falsch. Und wir sollten uns keine Fantasierealität vorgaukeln.

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                  Wenn es bei dir nicht so ist, solltest du eventuell nicht von dir auf alle schließen.

                  Aber easy, ich habe ehrlich gesagt sowieso keinen Bock, mich zu streiten. Lassen wir es einfach dabei.

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      Well, in Germany the cyclists would have the law 100% on their side and win every case.

      Law on their side: probably Winning cases: aus Mangel öffentlichen Interesses eingestellt…