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Düsseldof and now my home state of Bremen (the smallest city state of germany) have recently asked their state owned public transport company to no longer bring
by j-pb 3y ago
Düsseldof and now my home state of Bremen (the smallest city state of germany) have recently asked their state owned public transport company to no longer bring these cases to the police.[1]
Sadly it's federal law so our local government can't change it, but at least this will keep people from going to prison in our small state.
This law is actualy a remnant from Nazi Germany, and the german equivalent of last week tonight also reported on it.[2]
1: https://www.weser-kurier.de/bremen/politik/schwarzfahrer-sollen-in-bremen-nicht-mehr-ins-gefaengnis-doc7rtsz1qcx5g12gg0w59e https://www.weser-kurier.de/bremen/politik/schwarzfahrer-sol...
2: https://youtu.be/iWX3pqbidKk?si=8kCg-fgUWvZGPK2U https://youtu.be/iWX3pqbidKk?si=8kCg-fgUWvZGPK2U
- k__ 3y agoCouldn't they change their AGBs or something to convert this to an "Ordnungswidrigkeit"? Like, if you're caught without a ticket, you automatically buy a more expensive ticket via invoice or something and if you don't pay for it, then some debt collector will take care of it.
- Propelloni 3y agoHow is this supposed to work? You can't change (federal) law by arbitrary contract.
- k__ 3y agoIf people agree to automatically buy a ticket when entering a train, the law would never apply, since they always had a ticket.
- germanier 3y agoYou already agree to buy such an ticket (at the "erhöhtes Beförderungsentgelt" price) but there is no way to avoid a criminal law specifically designed for that situation by just changing the content of a contract.
- k__ 3y agoOkay. I didn't know that law was so specific. Sounds quite excessive for such an offence.