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   Drew DeVault (drewdevault@fosstodon.org)'s status on Saturday, 09-Nov-2024 01:55:33 JST Drew DeVault

   The taxonomy of traffic participants in Dutch law is the brainchild of an orangutan on cocaine

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     Kit Rhett Aultman (roadriverrail@signs.codes)'s status on Saturday, 09-Nov-2024 01:55:31 JST Kit Rhett Aultman

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     @drewdevault You've sucked me into this thread now. What is the technical distinction between a carriage and a vehicle?

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     Drew DeVault (drewdevault@fosstodon.org)'s status on Saturday, 09-Nov-2024 01:55:32 JST Drew DeVault

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     (I am aware that this taxonomy is not the result of drugged up orangutans, but in fact is the result of people inventing new and increasingly contrived means of transport with the explicit aim of circumventing tax and/or licensing requirements, which are then regulated after the fact by an exasperated road authority)

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     Drew DeVault (drewdevault@fosstodon.org)'s status on Saturday, 09-Nov-2024 01:55:32 JST Drew DeVault

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     The worst offender is brommobiels, and whoever invented those can get fucked

     To any reasonable person this is just a small car, but under the law it's a moped, but unlike mopeds it has to follow the traffic rules for cars, but like mopeds it is a motor *carriage* but not a motor *vehicle*, whereas a car is both.

     This is all on the exam.

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     Drew DeVault (drewdevault@fosstodon.org)'s status on Saturday, 09-Nov-2024 01:55:33 JST Drew DeVault

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     "A brommobiel (moped car) is a moped on more than two wheels and is classified under the group of non-motorized vehicles. A moped has an engine and is therefore also a motor carriage."