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Re:SpaceX's Texas Rocket Is Going to Cause a Lot More Damage... by woleium on Sunday April 16, 2023 @06:01PM (#35594665)
Part of this is how things work in Germany though. I was asking a German friend what would happen if you drove with a suspended license in Germany, he said "But why would you drive with a suspended license?”. I said ”maybe there's an emergency, maybe you have to get to the hospital”. He replied "but you have a suspended license so you can't drive"... This went on for some time. He really couldn't wrap his head around the fact that someone with a suspended license may in fact still drive a car. I suspect that there are so few cases where folks break rules like Tesla did that the administration just doesn't really know what to do about it.
Re:SpaceX's Texas Rocket Is Going to Cause a Lot More Damage... by chrisco255 on Thursday April 20, 2023 @03:52PM (#35645351)
Interesting, why did VW fraudulently misrepresent their emissions then, if Germans are so perfect: https://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/foreign/201...
Re:SpaceX's Texas Rocket Is Going to Cause a Lot More Damage... by randominsomnia on Thursday April 20, 2023 @07:21PM (#35647856)
Germans wouldn't drive with an expired license because that'd be a felony over here.
Re:SpaceX's Texas Rocket Is Going to Cause a Lot More Damage... by code_duck on Thursday April 20, 2023 @07:56PM (#35648145)
Plenty of people in the US drive under the influence of drugs or alcohol despite that they could face felony charges.
Re:SpaceX's Texas Rocket Is Going to Cause a Lot More Damage... by rbanffy on Friday April 21, 2023 @07:44AM (#35652352)
Not sure about Germany, but most legal systems have "lesser evil" provisions, so, if you drive a car with an expired license in order to save a life, that should be considered.
Re:SpaceX's Texas Rocket Is Going to Cause a Lot More Damage... by DemocracyFTW2 on Sunday April 30, 2023 @06:39AM (#35761315)
That could quickly backfire should it turn out you decided to drive someone to the hospital yourself in spite of having been found not to be trusted with steering a vehicle, and not having called professional help and first-aid on-the-spot, i.e. called the ambulance as you should have done. Assault / injury and failure to render assistance are the terms here.