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KeenFlame ,

if you are without food or water you become incapable and that is illegal

yetAnotherUser ,

In Germany:

When using vehicles, unnecessary noise and avoidable exhaust pollution are prohibited. In particular, it is prohibited to run vehicle engines unnecessarily and to close vehicle doors excessively loudly. Unnecessary driving to and fro within built-up areas is prohibited if it causes a nuisance to others.

§30 (1), StVO

rab ,
@rab@lemmy.ca avatar

Closing doors too loudly is illegal what the fuck?

yetAnotherUser ,

Yes, if you slam your doors every day at 3am you will be fined. Is there anything wrong with that?

rab ,
@rab@lemmy.ca avatar

I guess I’ve just never even heard of that situation happening in real life so it’s weird seeing it explicitly written in a law

swab148 ,
@swab148@startrek.website avatar

What if that just happens to be the time I get home from work?

kevincox ,
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Noise is a public nusince. I definitely wouldn’t want my neighbours constantly slamming their doors at night. I doubt you are going to get fined if you are slamming your door occasionally or in the middle of the woods.

Laws exist to ensure that we can all live peacefully together. I think most people agree that excessive noise is more of a negative than a positive. Most places have similar curfew laws where excessive noise at night is not allowed.

invertedspear ,

Obviously it’s all going to be dependent on local laws, and depending on their vagueness the attitude of the cop that eventually has to deal with you. Here we have a catch-all ticket for “wasting finite resources” for cops to use when they don’t know what else to ticket you for. Originally it was to stop cruising, but I’m pretty sure no one has gone cruising since gas was $0.25 a gallon. Also I’m wondering if I could fight such a ticket if I can prove I charge my car with 100% solar.

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    BulbasaurBabu ,

    Also batteries lose capacity, making them finite as well

    Aasikki ,

    Your current gas prices are about at the level where a lot of people used to cruise at where I live. Haven’t really seen it much since it rose to about 2€ per liter (7.57€ or $8.29 per gallon).

    vrek ,

    Omg… How can anyone afford those prices? Last time I filled up I think it was $2.73 per gallon.

    Etterra ,

    I suspect that when your car runs out of gas and stalls in the middle of the suicide circle you could get a ticket for blocking traffic or something.

    FIST_FILLET ,

    i sometimes take an extra trip through the roundabout if some asshole is driving way too close to my rear and refuses to overtake

    Treczoks ,

    In my country you are only allowed three rounds max. But I have not heard of any case where someone was fined for such a “crime”.

    technomad ,

    How do you even know that? Is there a sign or something?

    meekah ,
    @meekah@lemmy.world avatar

    They teach it to you in driving school. No need for signs since it counts for every roundabout.

    MaxVoltage ,
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    Hilarious

    Treczoks ,

    Yes, as laws sometimes are…

    Quetzlcoatl ,
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    Gilles_D ,

    Found the guy stuck in the roundabout

    Lemmygizer ,

    Look kids, Big Ben

    TheRedSpade ,

    Parliament

    Lemmygizer ,

    …again

    ConstipatedWatson ,

    So you’re texting while driving, uh?

    We should all report you, but we’re too curious to know the source of perpetual motion that’s been powering you since May!

    alehc ,

    What do you mean perpetual motion? You guys don’t hire other drivers to fuel you while on the roundabout like they fuel planes while flying? I thought everybody had one of those in case they accidentaly entered a roundabout.

    • Written from a roundabout I’ve been circling since September.
    amio ,

    In Norway, there's a specific "law" against causing dangerous situations by being inattentive, unpredictable, inconsiderate or reckless. Needless to say, it goes unenforced a lot, but if you wanted to nail someone for driving like a dipshit, it'd be a decent catch-all.

    whaleross ,
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    In Sweden, we have a classic joke that Norwegian roundabouts have the sign “Maximum 3 rounds”.

    amio ,

    You'll probably not be surprised to hear we have the exact same joke about Swedes.

    whaleross ,
    @whaleross@lemmy.world avatar

    You what!?

    stevecrox , (edited )

    You could probably stay on the magic roundabout until you ran out of fuel.

    But I doubt you could go all the way around a mini roundabout .

    The UK Highway Code is focussed on good behaviour when using one. There doesn't seem to be a rule.

    ivanafterall ,
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    I would definitely try at least a couple of loops around that little guy. Just look at it! How could you resist!?

    charlytune ,
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    I encountered the magic roundabout 25 years ago, just as a passenger, and I’m still mentally scarred.

    GreyShuck ,
    @GreyShuck@feddit.uk avatar

    You’d need to refuel at some point and I expect that refuelling whilst in motion would probably hit some legal issues.

    And then, assuming that you overcame that, in the UK at least, you’d need at MOT test at some point, which would have to be at an approved test centre, so 3 years at the absolute max - although I expect tyres etc would need attention before that.

    prowess2956 ,

    I'm hearing that there's a need for gas / petrol / whatever stations in more roundabouts. Maybe even a rest stop or extended stay hotel.

    ivanafterall ,
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    If jets can refuel mid-flight, I'd think a similar solution should be even easier for a much-slower car.

    edgemaster72 ,
    @edgemaster72@lemmy.world avatar

    Nearly had it on The Grand Tour, just a few kinks to work out in the design. Might not work so great in a roundabout though

    kent_eh ,

    The Motorway InterLane Fuelling system is an invention ahead of its time.

    kambusha ,

    Stacey’s car has got it going on

    Lightdm ,

    BMW did it: Video link

    AnUnusualRelic ,
    @AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world avatar

    It depends how many tickets your mum bought. Even then, the owner is bound to close up at some point to go home.
    Maybe have a go on the swings in the meantime?

    Mr_Blott ,

    In what sort of horrible dystopian nightmare do you need to pay to take your kids to a park?

    technomad ,

    Maybe they were thinking of a fair or something?

    ekky ,

    Where do you live, OP?

    In Denmark it goes in the same category as not driving when the light is green or keeping to the left on the highway.

    While you seldomly see someone get fined for it, taking more than two turns in the roundabout is considered an obstruction of traffic, and therefore illegal.

    RightHandOfIkaros ,

    How is it obstructing traffic if the flow of traffic is never interrupted?

    ekky ,

    Depending on the definition, you’re not obscuring traffic if you’re driving 60kmh in the fastlane either, or if only you manage to get over the green light because of your tardiness, as traffic is still flowing, just very, very slow.

    Either way, you’ll be slowing down traffic and get in the way of other drivers, unless you are the only person on the road.

    RightHandOfIkaros ,

    The point of a roundabout is specifically that one must not stop, that is their design. A circle of perpetual motion. Certainly stopping in a roundabout would qualify as obstruction. I do not see how, even on a crowded day, making more than two passes in a roundabout while remaining in motion qualifies as “obstruction.”

    RedAggroBest ,

    You know to get on a roundabout they can’t just phase through your car? If you don’t exit in a timely manner you’re taking up space people need to get into the roundabout and let it work. So staying is obstructing traffic.

    DigitalTraveler42 ,

    Only if you’re playing Yes at high volume.

    jafffacakelemmy ,

    It'd be called 'obstructing traffic'. Police sometimes grab boy-racers along the sea-front near my home for it. There's no specific law saying you can't wait at a T-junction indefinitely, and i usually get stuck behind the ones that do. :-(

    binomialchicken ,

    “Boy-racer” is a term I wish I had known years ago to refer to some acquaintances. Seems much less offensive than what I was using.

    NeoNachtwaechter ,

    Yes, there is a law. It says, misuse of public roads is forbidden. In the case of a roundabout, misuse starts with your second full circle.

    Neon ,

    maybe wanna say where, since laws everywhere are different?

    NeoNachtwaechter ,

    laws everywhere are different?

    But ours are the best ones ;-)

    Germany here.

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