In Europe usually you get a fine at most. Imagine being on a road trip with a 3yo in the back, if they say they have to pee it’s not like "I hope this queue moves in the next 30 minutes, it’s RIGHT NOW! So off on the shoulder they go.
Do Germans regularly piss by the side of the road? In America it’s a great way of ending up on a sex offenders registry.
Im_old@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 2 hours ago
It’s not (tho the smol children bit might be a rare occurrence) but ppl do leave their cars when stuck on the same spot for hours (which isn’t that common altogether). There are other emergencies too (eg being sick).
I did piss on the road in a snow blizzard once, we were stuck on a very hilly motorway bcs a few buses & some trucks on shit (summer?) tyres went sideways blocking all lanes (others, trucks included, had no issues) but I didn’t even step away from the car really bcs the visibly was so poor at some point that it was cool (in fact I was facing the incoming lanes opposite). We were there several hours tho.