Comments on: Mobile office earns man a fine

By: ldobe

ldobe — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 00:18:00 +0000

No, he was diving the garbage collection network but neglected to use the police’s backdoor.

By: Austin Richardson

Austin Richardson — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 16:06:00 +0000

Was going to say the same thing. “It looks like a police car”

By: ntsteflonnts

ntsteflonnts — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 00:08:00 +0000

Having driven on German highways, I can attest that you do not want to be doing anything except driving with 100% of your attention…Mostly if you expect to get home in one piece, anyway.

By: AlexG55

AlexG55 — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 23:07:00 +0000

The crime he was charged for was not having the “mounting options”.

By: Michael Smith

Michael Smith — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 20:39:00 +0000

Cycling home one day a driver who was set up like this cut me off while entering a right turn lane, then sat stationary for two cycles of the traffic signals while dealing with some business. I also have a home office on my vehicle. Its an android phone but it lives in my backpack inside a waterproof bag.

By: Will Bueche

Will Bueche — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 18:47:00 +0000

Germans and their David Hasselhoff fixation!

By: rocketpjs

rocketpjs — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 16:45:00 +0000

Was he operating some remotely programmed attack rat-things from a virtual world while driving on the freeway?

By: retepslluerb

retepslluerb — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 15:40:00 +0000

The German texts make it appear that he was very probably using it, but you have to actually *see* a driver using (i.e. touching and fiddling) with a gadget before you can make it stick.

For the unused cargo, STVO §22 applies. Any cargo and cargo-related must be stored in such a way that it doesn’t move (much less fly through the window) even during a full stop in an emergency. This can me hitting the brakes to the hilt at 100 mph or more.

That setup is definitely unsafe. Maybe US office cruise along in such an unsafe manner, but those are he same dudes that use more bullets on one victim than German police fires at people in a full year.

By: bcsizemo

bcsizemo — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 15:21:00 +0000

So he’s getting a ticket for what amounts to having the same hardware as the police cruiser does? (At least here in the US.) Sure it doesn’t have the polish and mounting options that the setups in cruisers do, but isn’t that an issue more for his insurance company than other motorists? (Assuming he’s not using it while driving, which it doesn’t appear he was.)

By: retepslluerb

retepslluerb — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 15:10:00 +0000

That was basically his reply, yes. They couldn’t actually fine him for using it, as they couldn’t prove that he used it while driving, he just go a fine for speeding and they made him dismantle the unsafe setup before they allowed him to continue driving.

By: Mighty Blowhole

Mighty Blowhole — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 15:05:00 +0000

Yeah, but where’s the Easy-Bake Oven?

By: pupdog

pupdog — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 14:43:00 +0000

“So. uh, can you just go ahead and write the ticket and wrap this up? I’ve got things to do…”

By: mbohanan

mbohanan — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 14:35:00 +0000

Think we saw this same set up on a Simpsons episode…