Calling the police becase somones a dick ? If he double parked at CostCo woukd he have called the cops, or taken a pic and posted in /c/assholedrivers ?
Comment on Tesla Owner Calls Police on Rivian Driver Using Supercharger
Bezier@suppo.fi 6 months ago
They had signage saying tesla only, and the car was parked across two spots, so I can believe the owner looked like a massive dick without additional context.
hanrahan@slrpnk.net 6 months ago
Bezier@suppo.fi 6 months ago
If you’re reading this as me defending the tesla owner calling cops, I’d just like to point out that I’m not.
Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
Wrench@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Yep. Tesla charging cords are stupidly short, and are designed to force tesla drivers to back into the space for charging, so when you have several tesla charging, the esthetics is better and looks like you’re in a dealership with all the cars uniformly facing out.
I get that there are probably better power delivery perks to a short cord. But this is classic “form over function” design that reeks of Musk.
DreadPotato@sopuli.xyz 6 months ago
It is objectively safer to park like that (charging or not). The risk of accidents when leaving the parking spot is significantly reduced compared to parking front first.
Turun@feddit.de 6 months ago
Why was that downvoted, it’s true.
Backing out of a parking spot is comparatively dangerous, because you can’t see if anyone is approaching from the side.
Bezier@suppo.fi 6 months ago
Well yeah, that’s the additional context.
JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz 6 months ago
Specifically, they have to park on the next spot to the right of the charger they are using, as the port on a Rivian is on the left front corner and the Tesla cables are really short.