Where I am from, the transportation company will call Taxis to get the people to their destination station in case a car blocks the tramline, until the car has been towed. The car owner has to pay the Taxi invoices.
I love this way of dealing with such a situation!
It both helps the passengers (who will still be later than without inconsiderate car parking) and teaches a lesson.
Best way to make sure there’s no weaseling out of the responsibility is to tow the car and only fork it out after an advance payment to cover the taxi costs has been made.
The driver (who maybe wasn’t the owner) has no money? Make it the owner’s problem!
I don’t know how to tell you…
…but that’s how the current world works in most parts.
And delayed transport is at the lower end on the scale of life ruining events.
Do I really need to bring up Epstein and the orchestrated abuse and worse?
Well, first dealing with a towed car isn’t “no consequences”. Second, right now this guy barely has any consequences for the people he fucked over, and the people he fucked over just have to figure it out themselves, at least with the free taxi thing everyone gets to their destination at a reasonable time and the guy who caused the delay pays for it.
Germany. I found an article about a case where the parking offender tried to appeal the penalty (translated):
The taxis picked up passengers waiting at the stops and drove them to other stops along the route. This went on for an hour, then the car parked not far from a sign saying “Please keep a sufficient distance from the tracks” was towed away and the route was clear again. This interactive view on Google Street View shows the location.
When the VGF then demanded €973.13, €25 of this was a flat-rate fee for expenses – and the rest was the cost of the rail replacement taxis. After hearing witness statements, the court ruled out any manipulation by the taxi industry, and the court also found no evidence of any delay in towing the car.
Where I am from, the transportation company will call Taxis to get the people to their destination station in case a car blocks the tramline, until the car has been towed. The car owner has to pay the Taxi invoices.
I love this way of dealing with such a situation!
It both helps the passengers (who will still be later than without inconsiderate car parking) and teaches a lesson.
Best way to make sure there’s no weaseling out of the responsibility is to tow the car and only fork it out after an advance payment to cover the taxi costs has been made.
The driver (who maybe wasn’t the owner) has no money? Make it the owner’s problem!
Its actually terrible. That just means if you’re rich enough you can ruin people day with no consequences…
I don’t know how to tell you…
…but that’s how the current world works in most parts.
And delayed transport is at the lower end on the scale of life ruining events.
Do I really need to bring up Epstein and the orchestrated abuse and worse?
Well, first dealing with a towed car isn’t “no consequences”. Second, right now this guy barely has any consequences for the people he fucked over, and the people he fucked over just have to figure it out themselves, at least with the free taxi thing everyone gets to their destination at a reasonable time and the guy who caused the delay pays for it.
Netherlands?
Germany. I found an article about a case where the parking offender tried to appeal the penalty (translated):