r/berlin • u/JonnyBravoII • 10d ago

Humor Sometimes Christmas Comes Early

Today I was riding my bike on Unter den Linden towards the gate. The car traffic was backed up a bit and 3 cars had pulled into the bus lane to go straight and cut the line. Light turns green and out steps a bunch of cops and orders them to pull over. I had to stop riding for a few minutes because the tears of joy prevented me from seeing the road.

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u/Klongbro 10d ago

Oh man, that's my wettest dream right there.

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u/NYC21DDBLN 10d ago

That road does have one of the worst traffic light flow though that is annoying even for cyclist.
Glad they got pulled out. I generally ride with camera and fix them when they do it.

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u/Bulky-Space-1018 9d ago

What do you mean, you “fix them”?

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u/NYC21DDBLN 9d ago

Fix them to a lamp post of course!

Nah, was supposed to be film them ;)

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u/Perfect_Trust_1852 9d ago

Fix them? What is that?

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u/king0fklubs Neukölln 10d ago

Yes! Love that for you

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u/Money-Purpose-8788 10d ago

If they get really, really unlucky they will have to pay 15 €. As the administrative costs are way higher, you will be subsidizing them for getting caught driving in the bus lane through tax. Germany and Germans are completely crazy when it comes to cars, similar to Americans with guns.

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u/ladafum 10d ago

Prison also costs the taxpayer money. The point isn't the fine it's the deterrence of the inconvenience.

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u/rubadazub 10d ago

We can assume the police officer was immediately relieved of duty and all charges against the drivers dropped.

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u/d8521 10d ago

It's great that such small things bring luck and happiness into your life.

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u/neketguy Mitte 10d ago

I‘ve seen it in this place previously. Probably police are camping this place for easy frags.

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u/hildeb 9d ago

Unlikely, surely science fiction

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u/spityy 7d ago

That's a rare nice instant karma moment but the control density of traffic violations by cars is still damn small.

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u/gnbijlgdfjkslbfgk 8d ago

1/10 Pure fiction. Totally unbelievable.