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Cake day: October 6th, 2025

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  • I can only speak for German law: When a car breaking a traffic law is identified (by number plate), the registered owner of the car gets sent a letter notifying them and ordering them to identify the driver.
    If the owner can’t or won’t name the driver, the owner has to pay the fine. The law assumes that either you let someone drive the car, then you must know who it was, or at least be able to help the feds in their investigation. Or the car was stolen, but then it was on you to report the theft immediately.
    It does get trickier when it’s a criminal case, cause in Vaymo’s case, it’s difficult to determine who is personally responsible. This is where new laws are required. One possibility would be looking to the data privacy laws: Here, every affected company needs to appoint someone responsible for data privacy. In case of a violation that person is personally responsible and can be punished, including prison time, if they haven’t done their due dilligence.

    So for self-driving cars, every company would need to have a “traffic safety director” who is legally required to be in the loop for all decisions regarding traffic safety, has to report any legal violations to their superiors and the public, and is personally responsible for ongoing gross violations. (It’s a very well-paying job.)



  • Das gleiche Prinzip wie bei so vielen Produkten:

    1. Es gibt einen traditionellen Anbieter, nicht billig aber angemessen und mit super Qualität.
    2. Es entstehen billige Alternativen, aber die sind echt mies.
    3. Die Alternativen werden besser und fangen ernsthaft an, Marktanteile abzuknapsen.
    4. Der Originalhersteller flüchtet ins Premium-Segment. Er erhöht die Preise um sich abzusetzen.
    5. Die Alternativen erreichen dieselbe oder bessere Qualität als das Original.
    6. Dem Originalhersteller bleibt jetzt nur noch:
    • mehr Marketing, um uninformierte Kunden zu gewinnen
    • Fokus auf Sammler, die für bestimmte Produkte bereit sind, jeden beliebigen Preis zu zahlen
    • Überziehen der Konkurrenz mit teuren Gerichtsverfahren
    • Senkung der Produktionskosten durch Auslagerung ins Ausland und Verringerung der Qualität, was leider die Sammler und “Premium”-Kunden vergrault

    Andere Branchen, bei denen das schon (teilweise mehrmals) passiert ist, sind Mini-Figuren (Games Workshop), Uhren (Rolex und in den letzten Jahren Seiko), Kameras (Leica) und Autos (die gesamte deutsche Branche).


  • one passed a stopped school bus that was unloading kids in Atlanta. That’s a violation that normally garners $1,000 fine and a court hearing, but nothing was issued to the company.

    “These cars don’t have a driver, so we’re really going to have to rethink who’s responsible,” said Georgia state Representative Clint Crowe to Atlanta news station, KGW8.

    No? The company has a mail address. Send them the notice and summons to court, just like you would for the owner of a regular vehicle.