That’s all it takes?
So… Some background information. I originally posted this in c/mildly interesting
Greece has been plagued by corruption for ages and trust in authorities is minimal. Greek news notoriously writes about system exploitations, power abuse and corruption. The police has been a key feature to demonstrate this. Recently they have also focused on police giving celebrities rides in police cars
All in all Greeks seem to be tired of the authorities not doing their job and abusing the power and means that they have been assigned
Is that the worst scandal they can come up with?
Okay, but was it for their home, a friend, their boss, a government office or workspace? Was any harm really done? Was the fridge really unsecured during transport?
It always amazes me how little the context of what a group with a bad rep is willing to act on matters when they think they’ve found an excuse to look like they hold themselves accountable with transparency.
Accountability and transparency should be so much more than a scapegoat, a couple paragraphs, and a picture that doesn’t even show the whole fridge/vehicle.
Some harm was probably done to that rear suspension lol
Nah, a fridge isn’t that heavy.
400lbs is a lot of weight to have poorly distributed directly over the very tail end of a car. Sure, a car can easily handle 2 200lb people sitting in the rear of it with little issue, but their weight is in an expected place and well dispersed. Having half of a 400lb fridge sticking out of a trunk where it is largely unsupported means that a great deal more stress than just 400lbs is ultimately coming down on that part of the suspension
The average payload of a small sedan like that is about 850lbs, which would include the driver. So while were probably talking 600lbs-700lbs of payload between the driver, the added equipment weight for police modifications, and the fridge, that number also assumes normal distribution of weight within the vehicle. Im no engineer, but I would bet that having the weight of the fridge (which is the bulk of it) sticking out of the car halfway is probably pushing the sedan beyond tolerance for weight in some ways. But I could be wrong
A suspension seems a little harsh for this offense.
Hopefully they freeze his pay.
