• @[email protected]
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    1110 months ago

    Can you name any ridiculous laws or regulations that negatively affect you? I have a hard time recalling any EU law or regulation that directly affects me without a good reason.

    • @[email protected]
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      410 months ago

      Also, can you name a nation without laws that negatively affect you or could be considered stupid?

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        10 months ago

        Switzerland? Sweden? Finland?

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      010 months ago

      https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/103530/eu-demands-speed-limiters-all-new-cars-know-rules-and-how-they-work

      One of the most prevalent examples that affect me - it’s a horrible system and most car makers are not able to do it properly, because the camera systems are not cheap enough to be good enough. Mercedes, BMW and so on do it relatively decent, but they’ve gotten so expensive, even the base models are out of my reach now.

      This could go on for a while, but to make matters short: The basic idea is cool, but mandating it like they have makes it a nuisance and will make most people turn it off. All of the people I know that have a car that has that system turn it off immediately starting.

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        410 months ago

        That doesn’t seem like a stupid or ridiculous regulation, you even agree that the basic idea is cool. The issue here isn’t the idea of the regulation, but the implementation by manufacturers. It will take time to get the implementation right and when it does the manufacturers will optimize the solution and the price will also come down. I don’t think anyone goes “ABS makes cars so expensive”, because the cost has been optimized.

        • @nexusband
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          010 months ago

          The difference is, ABS was only mandatory after it was fully developed and actually safe. Same goes for the airbag. This is horseshit, same goes for the AI Rules, EU Cloud initiative, unified power grid and so on.

          • @Gabu
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            010 months ago

            Airbags are STILL not safe, my guy – they can take your thumbs clean off.

            • @nexusband
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              10 months ago

              What kind of ridiculous argument is that? You can pinch your dick in a zipper - are zippers unsafe? You can chocke in a tomato, are tomatoes unsafe? Just because something designed to safe you, can also kill you, doesn’t make it unsafe. You can get seriously injured from a seat belt - if you consider seat belts unsafe, you should probably not leave you home ever again.

              • @Gabu
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                010 months ago

                'murican being a 'murican as usual…

                First, I don’t need a car :D

                Second, some reading comprehension would do you good.

                • @nexusband
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                  10 months ago

                  I’m very proud to be German. How about you go f-yourself?

                  • @Gabu
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                    010 months ago

                    SSurely you jeSSt