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Radical turnaround in transport policy
[Image] Hinterher develops innovative bicycle trailer based on the traffic light government's transport policy
"We fed ChatGPT with the transport policy concepts of the governing parties and this is what we came up with," says Peter Hornung, founder and CEO of the Munich-based trailer manufacturer Hinterher. What may seem strange at first glance is the result of artificial intelligence and intensive analysis of previous transport policies.
The company normally manufactures rectangular trailers with two wheels, "but we are open to new technologies," says Hornung. Although the new trailer cannot drive straight ahead, it can turn in circles at high speeds. The company is convinced that the new model will be a success: the existential consequences of the climate crisis are well known to the governing parties FDP [liberals], SPD [social democrats] and Greens. It must therefore be assumed that this urgency is also reflected in their policies. So our latest model can only be a direct hit".
Company spokesperson and media expert Johannes Schubert therefore has no technical objections to the functionality of the bike trailer. "The evidence-based and scientific foundations on which transport policy has been based for decades are forcing us as a manufacturer to innovate." Hinterher is therefore setting itself apart from tried-and-tested straight-ahead technologies with a view to the future.
The comprehensive analysis also included the transport policies of the last transport ministers from the CSU [conservatives], Wissmann, Ramsauer, Dobrindt and Scheuer. From this, the AI calculated a trailer travelling in reverse. "I'd rather drive in circles," says CEO Peter Hornung, who, together with his company, is hopefully looking forward to the decisive steps taken by those in power to save the climate.
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As a company from the transport industry, we are concerned that the current German government is continuing to prevent and delay urgent measures to limit global warming in the transport sector. This article is our satirical attempt to channel our frustration about this into creative channels. By chance, shortly after publishing our Hinterher H-Ampel ["H-traffic light", referring to the colors of the government coalition] trailer, we found the picture with Minister Wissing in the social media, which was published by the BMDV and, as we think, fits like a glove. We would like to expressly mention here that the credits for this picture lie with the BMDV, not with us - and we would like to thank the ministry for this contribution.
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