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magneze said:
I didn't realize it wasn't road legal here. Brilliant.
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I think it's the same in eu countries. I believe the steering wheel is not physically attached to the wheels but uses a wire which is one (but not only) of the reasons it's not road legal here. I think there is a loophole that tourists bringing one in could drive it but if they stay here too long it would need a uk registration which would be rejected.
 
moochedit said:
I think it's the same in eu countries. I believe the steering wheel is not physically attached to the wheels but uses a wire which is one (but not only) of the reasons it's not road legal here. I think there is a loophole that tourists bringing one in could drive it but if they stay here too long it would need a uk registration which would be rejected.
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Drive by wire is perfectly legal, it's more that Tesla hasn't bothered to have it certified here. And, oddly enough, it needs proper bumpers. Who'd have thunk it? :D

Edit: Even if approved, it's so heavy that you need a light truck license to drive one.
 
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Chz said:
Drive by wire is perfectly legal, it's more that Tesla hasn't bothered to have it certified here. And, oddly enough, it needs proper bumpers. Who'd have thunk it? :D

Edit: Even if approved, it's so heavy that you need a light truck license to drive one.
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OK. Maybe i misunderstood what someone told me about the wire thing. They said about the truck licence thing as well, although they said older car drivers who passed their test earlier can drive more weight? (May be more bollocks so apols if wrong)

Anyway i'm sure "reforming" our "woke" car safety laws would have been a top priority for farage if he hadn't fallen out with musk :)
 
moochedit said:
OK. Maybe i misunderstood what someone told me about the wire thing. They said about the truck licence thing as well, although they said older car drivers who passed their test earlier can drive more weight? (May be more bollocks so apols if wrong)

Anyway i'm sure "reforming" our "woke" car safety laws would have been a top priority for farage if he hadn't fallen out with musk :)
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It's not the first drive by wire car. The Japanese have been down this road and sold models here. But the drive by wire does complicate things, as there isn't really a standard for it yet and it's up to the car company to convince them that it's safe.

And yes, everyone who passed their test before a certain date gets a C1 licence too. But not anyone who's passed this century.

I did hear that it's possible the "bulletproof" (LOL) glass might not pass standards, either. But I think it's mainly about the pedestrian protection with all those sharp edges. See the Czech Cybertrucks for details.
 
www.ecoportal.net

Say goodbye to Tesla Cybertruck: Elon Musk announces decision after fall in sales

Elon Musk announces his decision to discontinue the Tesla Cybertruck following a decline in sales. Tesla has decided to explore another model.
www.ecoportal.net www.ecoportal.net
www.theverge.com

Tesla says the Cybertruck is ‘bestselling,’ so why is it offering discounts?

Is the Cybertruck slowing down?
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Not sure about the first link, but it'd be certainly funny if the Cybertruck is binned. When is bin day again?
 
PTK said:
Anyway, if the USA can threaten to ban Tik Tok, then the UK can ban X/Twitter.
It's amazing that no-one seems to have jumped on Musk for posting what is basically fascist-style agitation.
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Not googled to check but I think the new online safety act may give ofcom that power if fines are ignored.

Edit - yes they can stop advertisers (simalar to what they did with pirate radio) and get isp's to block (although i suspect vpn's can be used to get round that one. People already use them to get round hocky football stream blocks)

www.gov.uk

Online Safety Act: explainer

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moochedit said:
Not googled to check but I think the new online safety act may give ofcom that power if fines are ignored.
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I hope so, but the point I am making (I think I made it in an earlier post) is that Musk has been criticised for making a personal attack on Jess Phillips, but not for suggesting that people of Pakistani heritage in this country are engaged in "genocide".
 
There are people in neurodivergent groups on FB freaking out and saying shit like this:
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but they appear to be referring to the possible banning of Tik Tok in the US, rather than Trump’s re-election, the fact that LGBT, anti-racist and science books are being banned in school libraries, the overturning of Roe vs Wade, and the alarming rise of the populist far right/actual Nazis all across the world.
Stop the world, I want to get off.
 
Let’s say hypothetically. They can easily locate people using the instagram app. Since perhaps Meta provides such data to law enforcement and the military. This may explain the loss of journalists.
They can’t locate and target TikTok users as they do not have access to the back end? Therefore the atrocities they commit are being publicized beyond their control or IOF posting selfies of themselves in dead people’s underwear.
Mick Romneys AIPAC donor probably lent on him.
I had to delete my instagram as seeing those videos was fucking my head. As evidenced on the Hamas thread.
Instead I keep up with events via YouTube and Al Jazeera as I am unable to handle the rawness of what I was seeing on Instagram and do other activism instead.
 
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His Path of Exile 2 meltdown is so fucking funny if you're in the weeds. It's also very mildly important because it shot straight into the hearts of about 4m young-middle aged white nerd men. Exactly the group that sustains his ego essentially.

You kind of have to know the ins and outs, but the way to sum it up would be that he said he was 25th in the world poker rankings, and then folded because 'I've got three of a kind but they're only ones'. It is 100% certain that he paid some people to build an incredibly powerful character for him, hundreds of hours of gaming to get it to that point. Since 7th Dec or so. And I believe 'he' had another two which also got a long way up the ladder. He also killed it recently, or possibly one of the people running it did. er... this is hardcore league, which means one death and you're done.

Genuinely this has been a moment of revelation for an enormous number of anti-woke gamer types. And the stupid fuck keeps doubling down on it and showing that he knows precisely shit all about that community. Yesterday he removed asmongold's (world of warcraft steamer who branched out to poe) blue check (I believe asmongold is also a prick, but have avoided his content) after he called him out. To summarise the below tweet Musk genuinely thinks that asmon's editors are some kind of handler that controls his content. Like an editor in traditional media or something. And he shared private dms to 'prove' this. There was an earlier community note which explained this... guess it's been replaced by the dm warning on the screenshot, I'm not going there to check.

And look, yeah, this is all terminally online nerds. But you go on their reddits, on their youtube comments and suddenly it's full of 'yeah, billionaires are shit, this is capitalism you <insert slurs>'. Is it significant? Who the fuck knows. But it is funny.

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Chz said:
It's not the first drive by wire car. The Japanese have been down this road and sold models here. But the drive by wire does complicate things, as there isn't really a standard for it yet and it's up to the car company to convince them that it's safe.

And yes, everyone who passed their test before a certain date gets a C1 licence too. But not anyone who's passed this century.

I did hear that it's possible the "bulletproof" (LOL) glass might not pass standards, either. But I think it's mainly about the pedestrian protection with all those sharp edges. See the Czech Cybertrucks for details.
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The Cybertruck is the only mass produced vehicle that has 100% SBW with no steering column. Lots or cars on sale have 100% SBW rear wheel steering though.

I think Telsa will do a smaller truck for markets outside North America. Eventually.
 
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