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I was biking to work and the police had setup a checkpoint to check front and back lights on bicycles.
I do not have an e-bike and my lights are powered by the dynamo in the hub of the wheel.
When I stand still my lights do not shine, unless there is some charge leftover in the capacitors.
When it was my turn to get inspected the cop said "your lights are no working, you are getting a fined'.
I stepped of my bike, lifted up the front wheel and gave it a spin to show that my lights do work.
Then the cop said "you lights need to be working constantly".
I replied "what do you expect? I do not have an e-bike where the lights are powered of the battery-pack. Mine only work when i'm cycling and the dynamo spins".
The cop said "that does not matter, you lights need to be working all the time"
I replied "are you going to give me 2,500 euros to buy an e-bike?"
In the end I got a fined for 175 euros for having "broken" lights.
FUCK MY LIFE!
