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That law is still in effect, Niek.
It's only been slightly ammended in that the car operator is no longer automatically criminally liable if a pedestrian or cyclist gets hurt, only financially (which really only matters if the pedestrian or cyclist dies).
Another change was introduced after a drunken cyclist ran into a parked car. Under the original rule the car owner (even though his car was parked, he was not in it, and the car was parked correctly) was legally guilty of having caused the accident (despite the cyclist having been stone drunk and didn't carry lights).
That situation was corrected, now the law only applies to cars in motion at the time of the accident.
It's only been slightly ammended in that the car operator is no longer automatically criminally liable if a pedestrian or cyclist gets hurt, only financially (which really only matters if the pedestrian or cyclist dies).
Another change was introduced after a drunken cyclist ran into a parked car. Under the original rule the car owner (even though his car was parked, he was not in it, and the car was parked correctly) was legally guilty of having caused the accident (despite the cyclist having been stone drunk and didn't carry lights).
That situation was corrected, now the law only applies to cars in motion at the time of the accident.
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Another example of police on a witchhunt against cars: A colleague this week got a parking fine for parking outside a marked parking spot.
Nothing wrong about such a fine, you'd say, until you find out that he had been parked on the company's private carpark on which the police have no jurisdiction whatsoever.
Company is going to file an official complaint about that with the city council, as well as assist in any legal cost to get that fine reversed.
Nothing wrong about such a fine, you'd say, until you find out that he had been parked on the company's private carpark on which the police have no jurisdiction whatsoever.
Company is going to file an official complaint about that with the city council, as well as assist in any legal cost to get that fine reversed.
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I read 1984. Good book.
yeah i liked it. Read brave new world too, but liked it less.
yeah i liked it. Read brave new world too, but liked it less.
TRY MY SUGGESTIONS AT YOUR OWN RISK!
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I used to think that Brave New World was scarier and a more likely outcome but since the 'war on terror' has been declared suddenly 1984 now seems to be an equal future (continuous warfare, citizens encouraged to spy on others, constant monitoring via cctv, newspeak, historic revisionism -- vs -- medicated society, poisoning of the lower classes, yadda,yadda,yadda)
If only ignorance were painful....
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another good one is THX 1138, the first film made by George Lucas.
Don't watch when you're depressed...
Don't watch when you're depressed...
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It is on my long list of books to read. Right now I am reading Crime and Punishment. My list is at least 100 books long. I read about 80-100 a year but it never stops growing. I really need a vacation to play catch up.
A room without books is like a body without a soul.
Facts are meaningless. They can be used to prove anything that is even remotely true.
Go then, there are other worlds than these.
Facts are meaningless. They can be used to prove anything that is even remotely true.
Go then, there are other worlds than these.
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same. I love reading, i just finished "the painted house" by John Grisham
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