Driver stopped in Tesla Cybertruck banned in UK
Driver stopped in Tesla Cybertruck banned in UK
The eye-catching vehicle, which carries a price tag of about £48,000, is not yet legal on UK roads.
Oi mate...
Those look like Albanian number plates to me. I was reading about this guy tho other week.
Didn't realise they're illegal here. Makes you feel a bit patriotic.
I believe it would have been legal if the driver was an Albanian with a license. The issue is that the car was registered and insured in Albania and then driven by a Brit. Not EU country has approved them for use on the roads but there are weird loopholes.
Designed by a seven year old with a broken crayon.
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.
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
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?
It's Albanian. I was reading a news story the other week about a guy who wanted to import one through Albania.
However, it has not yet passed UK road safety tests.
GMP said the car that was seized had been referred to Operation Wolverine, which was established in 2007 to target drivers without insurance.
The owner will have to prove ownership and correct insurance prior to release.
So even if insurance was proven, not sure how for an illegal vehicle, it could be released, but it couldn’t be driven, so knowing the way our authorities work; get this vehicle collected, on a transporter of some kind and get it out of our compound by xx date or we’ll crush it.
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.
It was a UK driver, and even a foreign policy would only be valid for a vehicle that meets UK registration and roadworthy standards.
How did the vehicle get into the UK if it is illegal? Surely it would have been stopped at the border or customs.
"rocket-like, bullet-proof steel materials" nice one BBC
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...)
Brilliant idea. Make Tesla a car for queers ( image wise ) and see musk go crazy over it ( probably ).
And likely never will be because of its unsafe design
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 ;-)
