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Am I missing something? In an effort to "Fuck Google", they're driving like jerks and endangering people's lives and property. Edit: This comment is from watching them dangerously cutting off cyclists and cars on the video.
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I got fucked up by the cops in Germany for putting a not-checked-by-TÜV selfmade wood casing upon the top of my car. These guys did this in Berlin... man, they're LUCKY to having gotten out without any consequences.
Was there a Google logo on the side of your car?
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Well, you'll not go to jail, but underfloor lighting is strictly speaking illegal in germany and only allowed for show cars - and even then it has to be off on the road. (StVZO §49a Absatz 1) Violating that rule invalidates the permission to drive that car on a public road, immediately voiding insurance coverage. You'd better not have an accident with that car, because you're personally liable for any damage caused.…
Yes, specific requirements differ from country to country, and invalidating your insurance and crashing your car anywhere in the world has that effect. Point is that you won't 'go to jail in the entire EU', or anything of the sort for simply driving car with an unusual load on the roof rack.
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Oh come on. It's an art project. They want to see how people react to Street View cars in various situations.
Well, their 'project of the week' was "FUCK GOOGLE". It's right there on the article page. So, you know, political art. Performance art plus politics, aka propaganda of the deed. Cutting cyclists off in the name of liberty.
While not everybody might agree with the message, I think the project is no less manipulative than the Google branding ads from India, which try to positively change your impression of a large company by showing you something very emotional.
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Well, their 'project of the week' was "FUCK GOOGLE". It's right there on the article page. So, you know, political art. Performance art plus politics, aka propaganda of the deed. Cutting cyclists off in the name of liberty.
Yes, it's kind of political. They also say at the end of the video: "we like all your products, but no single company should be trusted with so much of our data". By driving around as Google and telling others to "turn off their cameras", they remind people that Google is basically spying on them. While not everybody might agree with the message, I think the project is no less manipulative than the Google branding ad…
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Yes, specific requirements differ from country to country, and invalidating your insurance and crashing your car anywhere in the world has that effect. Point is that you won't 'go to jail in the entire EU', or anything of the sort for simply driving car with an unusual load on the roof rack.
Oh, cops certainly do have the right to tow your vehicle and take you to the next police office, where you spend maybe 2-3 hours of processing. I can tell you, it's a boatload of bureaucracy and they won't let you out until it's all done.
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Yes, specific requirements differ from country to country, and invalidating your insurance and crashing your car anywhere in the world has that effect. Point is that you won't 'go to jail in the entire EU', or anything of the sort for simply driving car with an unusual load on the roof rack.
Oh, cops certainly do have the right to tow your vehicle and take you to the next police office, where you spend maybe 2-3 hours of processing. I can tell you, it's a boatload of bureaucracy and they won't let you out until it's all done.
A whole load of both public and private organisations have the right to tow your vehicle for many, many things, like simply parking in the wrong place, and you have to do the paperwork.
At this point you're essentially just arguing that if you break you countries local laws you have to deal with the police... mmm.
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Oh, cops certainly do have the right to tow your vehicle and take you to the next police office, where you spend maybe 2-3 hours of processing. I can tell you, it's a boatload of bureaucracy and they won't let you out until it's all done.
They can also impound your vehicle, depending on the modifications and their mood. I used to ride heavily modded motorcycles - all the entries would need a second sheet in the papers. That was always great fun to see the traffic patrol compare serial numbers for air intake, exhaust, lights, indicaters, ... especially when it was wet and they had to crawl on the ground.
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The fake camera rig is mounted using bolts in holes drilled in the (rented) car's roof rack . That's not how you typically mount stuff to a roof rack, perhaps it can make it more "part of the vehicle" than "cargo" in the eyes of the law; I don't know. I failed to see the point of the project altogether, and found it rather rude to drill in rented equipment, too. I'm sensitive like that.
Why do you assume the roof rack is part of the rented car? You can just buy a rack and put it on the rented car.
I mis-interpreted "If the car doesn’t come with one, rent or buy the specific roof-rack for that car", which still mentions renting the rack as a solution, of course, even if it seems they actually didn't rent the rack they used.