• Deestan@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Thanks, I hate it, the people who invented it, the people who assembled the panels, the people who wrote the software, the people who sold it, the people who bought it, the people who installed it, the people who designed the ads for it, the people who maintain it, and the people buying ads for it.

    None of them deserve to find happiness.

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    2 months ago

    Any sensible country would have traffic/vehicle laws banning something like this already.

    Here in Finland? Blue and green lights are not allowed on motor vehicles. Blinking blue gets you a huge fine for impersonating an emergency vehicle.

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      2 months ago

      I think you will find that NYC hasn’t been sensible for decades. Mamdami claims to have reduced the deficit to zero and permanently funded libraries already, so maybe he can turn that juggernaut a bit.

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        2 months ago

        I hate to say it but he “fixed” the deficit by deferring pension funding obligations for a few years. It’s kinda like paying the electrical bill with your 401k contribution and saying you’re ahead. I hope they figure out the funding in the interim or it will reflect poorly on leftist policies.

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      2 months ago

      Technically, a lot of states do ban driving distractions which this obviously is.

      But I’m sure that it’ll have to be decided in court or in amendment to current legislation to carve out/specify that this actually counts as that.

      In the state I’m from, underbody light kits are illegal for use on public roads because they’re a driving distraction and you actually can’t use LED signs and so on for the same reason.

      That being said I’d also like this to apply to billboards. LED billboards should be outlawed.

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        2 months ago

        But I’m sure that it’ll have to be decided in court

        Too bad :)

        Around here, the police could stop the vehicle and then not let it drive even 1 more meter.

        The driver gets fined (which the company probably pays), the freight may be loaded to another vehicle, this vehicle must be repaired to a road safe state, then certified by the appropriate agency before it can drive again - or they can carry it home and do it all there.

  • KatherinaReichelt@feddit.org
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    2 months ago

    Stuff like this is banned in my country because it totally is not safe in traffic. Elect some not-crazy people, dear Americans, and they might give you sensible legislation.

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      2 months ago

      Unfortunately Republicans have spent the better part of a century brainwashing morons into believing that all government is inherently bad and the only things that can be trusted are corporations and billionaires. Somewhere around 30% of the population over here can be reliably counted on to vote in favor of Republicans that run on a campaign of literally destroying the government and allowing corporations to do whatever the hell they want and the morons think that will fix all our problems.

      Even more unfortunately our only other viable party the Democrats are by and large bought and paid for by corporate interests so they also tend to do a crap job writing sensible legislation. Generally if they do manage to get something passed without Republicans gutting it there are almost always giant gaping loopholes in it that were inserted by corporate lobbyists to ensure the legislation is either completely toothless or increasingly commonly actually enshrines the destructive policies of the major market leaders.

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        2 months ago

        Dang. This is such a great summary of what’s been happening that I will copy this for all future political discussions I have with anyone.

        And attribute @orclev@lemmy.world, obviously.

        Is that like, an abbreviated reference to orcs levitating or something?

  • Phoenixz@lemmy.ca
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    2 months ago

    I can only imagine that these are illegal.in the Netherlands as they would be too distracting in traffic

    Why would this be legal at all?

    • Echo Dot@feddit.uk
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      2 months ago

      It will be illegal in a lot of places. But the US doesn’t really have traffic laws, they have guidelines, that nobody follows.

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      2 months ago

      I’ve never been to Vegas, but from what I’ve seen how would a person even notice the addition of these trucks?

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    2 months ago

    I wish they get hacked and someone starts displaying porn while the driver drives normally without a care with 10 cars following behind him and every boomer dropping dead from heart attacks.

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    2 months ago

    I’ve seen these running in East Asia for several years now, admittedly not in 3D but still really annoying, as they can get extremely loud sometimes.