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I didn't know Germany had laws about this case. I meant in the general sense that their business model is based on exploiting this surplus. It is their value p

I didn't know Germany had laws about this case. I meant in the general sense that their business model is based on exploiting this surplus. It is their value proposition, if you like.

Xylakant 12y ago
> I didn't know Germany had laws about this case. We have laws for everything.
- Padding 12y ago
  Indeed. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rinderkennzeichnungs-_und_Rindfleischetikettierungs%C3%BCberwachungsaufgaben%C3%BCbertragungsgesetz http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rinderkennzeichnungs-_und_Rindf...
  - jacquesm 12y ago
    The wp page says it got repealed.
    - Xylakant 12y ago
      It was replaced, can't let a good law go to waste [1]. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern with it's highest mountain of 179 m above sea level (49m above the surrounding area) even has a law about cable cars, though that's a EU thing. We're really well equipped with laws. [1] though not by a law, but some administrative process
Vik1ng 12y ago
This Act shall not be subject to... 1. Passenger cars when they are free of charge or the total price does not exceed the operating cost of the trip https://translate.google.de/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=de&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gesetze-im-internet.de%2Fbundesrecht%2Fpbefg%2Fgesamt.pdf&edit-text=&act=url https://translate.google.de/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&pre...
- wooter 12y ago
  take $20 bucks from a friend for a ride to the airport? FELON! now thats a sensible policy...
  - pgeorgi 12y ago
    German laws (being structures after the civil code) are intent based, which differs from the british common law derivatives which work by the letter. Hence the important question resulting from that quote is: Does the driver derive taxable income from the activity of driving the car? Getting $20 for the one-off trip won't get you there, not by a long shot. Getting $20 for every time you're driving people to the airport 20 times a day, 200 days a year is a different matter (assuming a short trip where $20 work out).

I didn't know Germany had laws about this case. I meant in the general sense that their business model is based on exploiting this surplus. It is their value proposition, if you like.

Xylakant 12y ago

> I didn't know Germany had laws about this case. We have laws for everything.

Padding 12y ago
Indeed. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rinderkennzeichnungs-_und_Rindfleischetikettierungs%C3%BCberwachungsaufgaben%C3%BCbertragungsgesetz http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rinderkennzeichnungs-_und_Rindf...
- jacquesm 12y ago
  The wp page says it got repealed.
  - Xylakant 12y ago
    It was replaced, can't let a good law go to waste [1]. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern with it's highest mountain of 179 m above sea level (49m above the surrounding area) even has a law about cable cars, though that's a EU thing. We're really well equipped with laws. [1] though not by a law, but some administrative process

Vik1ng 12y ago

This Act shall not be subject to... 1. Passenger cars when they are free of charge or the total price does not exceed the operating cost of the trip https://translate.google.de/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=de&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gesetze-im-internet.de%2Fbundesrecht%2Fpbefg%2Fgesamt.pdf&edit-text=&act=url https://translate.google.de/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&pre...

wooter 12y ago
take $20 bucks from a friend for a ride to the airport? FELON! now thats a sensible policy...
- pgeorgi 12y ago
  German laws (being structures after the civil code) are intent based, which differs from the british common law derivatives which work by the letter. Hence the important question resulting from that quote is: Does the driver derive taxable income from the activity of driving the car? Getting $20 for the one-off trip won't get you there, not by a long shot. Getting $20 for every time you're driving people to the airport 20 times a day, 200 days a year is a different matter (assuming a short trip where $20 work out).