Driver stopped in Tesla Cybertruck banned in UK

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• frankPodmore@slrpnk.net ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Didn’t realise they’re illegal here. Makes you feel a bit patriotic.

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• ThePyroPython@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  So that’s why Musk is sticking his oar in UK politics. Wind your neck in you weirdo, you’re giving actual engineers a bad rep.

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• MonsterMonster@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Designed by a seven year old with a broken crayon.

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  • Blackmist@feddit.uk ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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• sirico@feddit.uk ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Our road laws are like a chain so they’re also on the hook for driving without insurance, No Tax, no MOT, Violation of customs and duties, and I’m not a lawyer but whoever is might have a nice pay day

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  • foofiepie@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Also they require of insurance to release the vehicle? That’ll be a problem. Can’t get insurance without an MOT.

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    • sirico@feddit.uk ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Off to hang out with Brum in the Beaulieu Motor Museum then

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  • blackn1ght@feddit.uk ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Possibly, not sure how it works if they’re a visitor from mainland Europe (the reg plate doesn’t look to be a UK one) - if their vehicle isn’t road legal in the UK, does that invalidate their insurance where they’re from?

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    • sirico@feddit.uk ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      It was a UK driver, and even a foreign policy would only be valid for a vehicle that meets UK registration and roadworthy standards.

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    • 5190tent@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      They aren’t road legal by EU laws either, although there are a hand full of owners from EU countries (Poland, Czech Republic, Austria) that managed to get theirs registered through exceptions.

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• FellowEnt@sh.itjust.works ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  “rocket-like, bullet-proof steel materials” nice one BBC

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  • octopus_ink@lemmy.ml ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    goes to find videos of people shooting cybertrucks

    (I wonder if giving a single cybertruck to a single trans influencer would do it? It only took a single can of Bud Light after all…)

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    • fluckx@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Brilliant idea. Make Tesla a car for queers ( image wise ) and see musk go crazy over it ( probably ).

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• scholar@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  And likely never will be because of its unsafe design

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• casmael@lemm.ee ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Hey hey it’s only £48,000 if you buy it new. If you get one used, they’re usually a lot cheaper but they can be as much as twenty-eight pounds.

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  • EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I think this still weighs more than 28 lbs

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    • amon@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      £28, freedomlover!

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• Link@rentadrunk.org ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  How did the vehicle get into the UK if it is illegal? Surely it would have been stopped at the boarder or customs.

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  • blackn1ght@feddit.uk ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    My guess they came via a ferry or the channel tunnel.

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    • Link@rentadrunk.org ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      There is still boarder control when you take the ferry and channel tunnel.

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• baggins@beehaw.org ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  There was one in Hertford (near Ginger Indian restaurant) around Christmas, think it had French plates. Remember having a laugh as it was pissing down and they were having trouble turning round in our small streets. Everyone else manages though, even the dustman ;-)

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