It came up this morning in German national news....a short piece....which details an effort to ban private New Year's Eve fireworks in 31 German cities.
Reason? Pollutants in the air after each New Year's episode. This is being pushed by German Environmental Aid (DUH).
For most who've never been in Germany.....the 31st of December is a big deal, and fireworks are sold for the three to five days prior to this. This is the only time of the year that it's allowed to buy and use fireworks. At midnight, Germans fire off tons of rockets and firecrackers.
Potential for the ban to occur? Unknown, and the journalists aren't listing the 31 cities.
My guess is that it might be successful in a couple of cities.....with the vast amount of the public simply disobeying the ban. Cops? They got better things to do than run around and try to get evidence to build a case against some guy who fired off a couple of sky-rockets.
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