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Re:the US lays out a road safety plan that will see cars 'ta... by carlmr on Wednesday August 21, 2024 @05:02AM (#41308305)
I really like how in German law anything that could be regarded as surprising in a ToS is just thrown out.
Re:the US lays out a road safety plan that will see cars 'ta... by TomK32 on Wednesday August 21, 2024 @06:17AM (#41308727)
I'm pretty sure you can also find that in some EU regulation.
Re:the US lays out a road safety plan that will see cars 'ta... by carlmr on Wednesday August 21, 2024 @07:17AM (#41309120)
Yes, Germany introduced them in 1976 and the EU based their regulation (Directive 93/13) on it in 1993.
Re:the US lays out a road safety plan that will see cars 'ta... by immibis on Wednesday August 21, 2024 @01:49PM (#41312523)
Not a universal principle in Germany though. Today I was awoken by government thugs breaking into my room and telling me that even though I paid my rent, someone else didn't pay theirs so I'm homeless now (collective punishment). If only I was joking.

I refused to leave, so they called more government thugs (i.e. the police) to help them drag me out, but the police told them they have to give people three weeks notice before making them homeless so fuck off.

Re:the US lays out a road safety plan that will see cars 'ta... by carlmr on Thursday August 22, 2024 @02:32AM (#41317416)
I'm sorry to hear that. Was this part of your rental agreement? If so WTF? If not what was the reasoning?
Re:the US lays out a road safety plan that will see cars 'ta... by jerf on Wednesday August 21, 2024 @01:54PM (#41312558)
Nominally that is the case in US law too. Contracts can not have "unconscionable" clauses in them, and certainly a free trial for a streaming service that you never even paid for several years ago affecting an interaction with an amusement park is insane. But common law (a term of art, not just an adjective stuck to a noun) has a lot of inconvenient principles in it that limit the power of the government, and as the rule of man progresses in the US, this becomes increasingly hypothetical.