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The much more surprising move is that they've just passed legislation to reduce bureaucracy for setting up photovoltaic installations.

Reducing bureaucracy!

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I live in The Netherlands. Two months ago, I received a fine notice because I drove a bit too fast and had a €80 fine to pay. I paid the fine the same day or week I received it. Today I received a registered mail from somewhere in Germany.

Because I had just been back from Germany again, I was worried I sped up by accident again, even though I don't remember this happening!

Guess what? They actually sent me a registered letter informing me I paid the fine I had received previously. Which I paid for on-line. On their website. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

That's actually kind of nice. In case their computer system gets borked, you have positive affirmation/defense.

But what if it’s the computer system that sends the post? Is it actually more reliable?

Well, it's not broken yet. It might break later and claim you never paid it later.

I think both are related ;)

We have an law that prohibits conplicated laws and one that limits the maximum amount of traffic signs in an area.

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