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Maybe I'm not as smart as french lawmakers, but I can't really figure out how they'd even enforce this?

• Crito 13y ago
  Either occasional stings to take make an example of people, or using it as a possible additional charge to pile on in situations where there is already an investigation. Most laws do not have vigilant enforcement. For example, (barring illegal searches or likely illegal 'stop and frisk') how do you enforce possession laws?
  • sgdesign 13y ago
    As a french person, I would be pretty upset to think my taxes are going towards paying people to order Ubers and make sure they take at least 15 minutes to arrive. It almost seems like something out of a Monty Python sketch.
    • Crito 13y ago
      That would be absurd. I expect that in practice this law will not be enforced by itself. For example: If Uber drivers start illegally parking in common pickup areas waiting for a call, then picking people up within seconds, then this law will probably be the sort of thing that they use to slam the drivers harder.
    • mikeash 13y ago
      For a parallel example in the US, law enforcement here routinely sends underage people to attempt to purchase cigarettes or alcohol, in order to ensure that merchants are following the law around ID checks. This strikes me as similar, for better or for worse. (I'd vote worse, personally.)