CyberTruck Confiscated in the UK

[mbrockus]

Apparently the UK is having issue with a truck of this size and they haven't approved it due to its weight and size?? To solve the problem they have confiscated the truck. What the hell are these crazy Brits up to?

https://www.thedrive.com/news/uk-police-arent-having-it-with-the-tesla-cybertruck

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[CyberZephyr]

Isn't it just because it was registered outside the UK, and that's illegal? What do they mean it's too big?

 

[SCTesla]

Isn't it just because it was registered outside the UK, and that's illegal? What do they mean it's too big?

It doesn't meet their pedestrian safety standards. We knew this at launch. Same for the EU, although they are confiscating them.

 

[CyberZephyr]

It doesn't meet their pedestrian safety standards. We knew this at launch. Same for the EU, although they are confiscating them.

Ah. It was completely the owners fault, and it seems like they would know it was illegal. Still sad though.

 

[AO-Pete]

Yeah, it doesn't come close to meeting pedestrian safety standards in the UK, pointy + sharp = bad. In fairness, there's a lot of pedestrians and extremely narrow single-track roads compared to most of the US. You also have to be a bit mental to try to drive it over there, aside from motorways and A roads, it would look comically large on local roads.

 

[Cybergirl]

With FSD engaged, the Cybertruck is less likely to strike a pedestrian than any car or lorry in Britain.

 

[SCTesla]

With FSD engaged, the Cybertruck is less likely to strike a pedestrian than any car or lorry in Britain.

Its not legal nor optimized/trained to work there.

 

[Cybergirl]

Its not legal nor optimized/trained to work there.

True, but that doesn't disqualify my comment.

 

[AO-Pete]

Still more likely to garrote a pedestrian if it does make contact with them. UK legislation will never correlate the two, if the vehicle fails pedestrian safety standards, it doesn't matter what tech it has to avoid pedestrians.

So many FSD edge-cases over there; not insurmountable, but it's a big mountain still to climb. Many roads without markings (with 60mph speed limits), single-track roads where you have to back-up to allow the other car past, blind hills with single-lane bridges, countless mini-roundabouts, giant gyratory systems (that confuse most humans), the list goes on.

 

[SCTesla]

True, but that doesn't disqualify my comment.

It does.. you may as well have said, "If the truck could fly, it wouldn't have to worry about pedestrians". There's no timeline for FSD in Europe because there are laws preventing it, currently.

As stated above, even with FSD the truck doesn't meet their regulations and isn't allowed there.

 

[mongo]

It does.. you may as well have said, "If the truck could fly, it wouldn't have to worry about pedestrians". There's no timeline for FSD in Europe because there are laws preventing it, currently.

As stated above, even with FSD the truck doesn't meet their regulations and isn't allowed there.

These are imported from the US with FSD though.
Or has Tesla started geofencing it?

 

[SCTesla]

These are imported from the US with FSD though.
Or has Tesla started geofencing it?

They have. I saw someone hacked it and made FSD work in Russia.

 

[The Duke]

Still more likely to garrote a pedestrian if it does make contact with them. UK legislation will never correlate the two, if the vehicle fails pedestrian safety standards, it doesn't matter what tech it has to avoid pedestrians.

So many FSD edge-cases over there; not insurmountable, but it's a big mountain still to climb. Many roads without markings (with 60mph speed limits), single-track roads where you have to back-up to allow the other car past, blind hills with single-lane bridges, countless mini-roundabouts, giant gyratory systems (that confuse most humans), the list goes on.

Can't have it both ways, either it has been tested or not. Hence I find the comment "more likely to garrote a pedestrian" FUD. Those tests have not been done.

 

[AO-Pete]

Oh c'mon, it's not fud, lol. I've cut my head open 3x just wrapping the truck, being hit at 30mph would hurt a lot more than any other vehicle with a deformable front-end designed to be pedestrian friendly. i.e. the Model 3, with it's active hood.

It's not been tested because it would be a total waste of money and bad PR. I'm not throwing shade, I live in Texas where having cow horns on the trunk is somehow legal, and they would do some serious damage.

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