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- Oct 9, 2019
We have no traffic rules, we have traffic laws and disobeying them can get you a pretty hefty fine and also points in the Verkehrssünderkartei (registry of traffic offenders), IIRC when you reach 8 points for whatever traffic offense your drivers license is suspended (for a time depending on the offense) plus a hefty fine or specially with dui's there won't be a fourth offense because it's highly likely that when the three offenses happened during a short time your license gets revoked permanently.
"The shortest way to your brain is thru your wallet." German proverb
Example:
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https://www.howtogermany.com/pages/traffic-violations.html
Well then the only difference is in spain you get 12 points instead of 8. And instead of counting up we count down. (Glass half full?) So yeah. Same thing really. Hell I'm fairly sure we literally copied your traffic laws due to EU regulation. I remember some truckers being angry at that when I was a kid... feels fucking weird to recall that back in the day we didn't even use the same coins. I still think in Pesetas some days.
We have these things called "hazard lights". Pretty sure your cars have them too. Press the button and both turn signals flash simultaneously. Even if the key isn't in.
Edit: triangles are a thing in the US, but they're typically put on vehicles that can only move at slow speeds (farm equipment, some construction vehicles, etc.)
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Yeah but Hazard lights don't go far enough. The point of the triangle is to be left a good distance before the car so people have warning before they're too close. 'Cause I mean in metro areas they don't need to be used but on highways reaction distance's a bitch.
i just figured a 6ft person with a OSHA Neon Yellow with reflective strips coat would do a better job then a 17 inch triangle.
(Then again a job I had we used 5ft cones and people in sedans would drive over them...)
Using yourself as a walking sign takes way more balls than I got. I mean we do also use the reflective vests. But I don't trust people to react in time without due warning. Hell even with due warning I still don't trust humans anyway. Might fucking think you're a glow in the dark CIA nigger and run you over on purpose. But you know what I mean.