alt.hn

1/17/2025 at 5:12:09 PM

Tesla Cybertruck seized after being unlawfully driven on UK roads

 https://news.sky.com/story/tesla-cybertruck-seized-after-being-unlawfully-driven-on-greater-manchester-roads-13290679

by belter

1/17/2025 at 5:21:34 PM

Good. Those things aren't allowed in UK/Europe due to their lack of pedestrian safety "features". I don't understand why other countries allow the vehicles when the driver's view is so limited that they cannot see children if they are close to the vehicle.

by ndsipa_pomu

1/17/2025 at 8:10:28 PM

It's simple in the US. Driving is for drivers, not anyone else. There's a little pushback around the edges, but in general if it makes the car occupants safer, nothing else matters.

by quantified

1/17/2025 at 11:31:19 PM

That sounds psychopathic to me

by ndsipa_pomu

1/17/2025 at 11:33:44 PM

‘merica man, ‘merica!! :)

by bdangubic

1/17/2025 at 6:01:22 PM

If they have a normal driver's license, they'd better hope their passengers are on the skinny side, too; this thing is 3.2 tonnes empty, and the limit for a normal license is 3.5 tonnes.

(Though actually I think that drivers' license limit is based on the vehicle's maximum loading, so probably even skinny passengers wouldn't save them.)

by rsynnott

1/17/2025 at 10:31:09 PM

Based on maximum authorized weight. I would say these vehicles don't have ANY authorized weight, because they're not authorized at all in EU or UK, but Cybertruck specs ask to follow the GVWR [0] of the vehicle, that's right over 4000kg

UK common driving license (cat. B) seems to be similar to other EU licences (Spain here) I guess because previous EU standardization.

"Category B" licenses (post 1997): "You can drive vehicles up to 3,500kg maximum authorised mass (MAM) with up to 8 passenger seats." [1]

  0: "When loading cargo, always consider the vehicle's Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR). The GVWR is the maximum allowable total mass of the vehicle including all passengers, fluids, and cargo." https://www.tesla.com/ownersmanual/cybertruck/en_us/GUID-12A976DD-EB60-431B-AFF1-5A37E95006DB.html
  1: https://www.gov.uk/driving-licence-categories

by tecleandor

1/17/2025 at 7:05:47 PM

There are at least in Germany exceptions for this for heavy cars loke these.

by stop50

1/17/2025 at 8:13:30 PM

What are these called / do you have a source for that? I never heard of that and a quick Google didn't turn up anything except for changes planned for 2028.

by chronial

1/17/2025 at 8:11:42 PM

It's not a small thing that nimbly escapes scrutiny.

by quantified