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   Doughnut Lollipop 【記録係】:blobfoxgooglymlem: (tk@bbs.kawa-kun.com)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Mar-2025 04:19:18 JST Doughnut Lollipop 【記録係】:blobfoxgooglymlem:
   TIL the Cybertruck exceeds the legal weight limit for most UK drivers. :blobfoxgoogly:
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     Doughnut Lollipop 【記録係】:blobfoxgooglymlem: (tk@bbs.kawa-kun.com)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Mar-2025 04:22:53 JST Doughnut Lollipop 【記録係】:blobfoxgooglymlem:

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     Also, the pointy corners are illegal on UK roads. :blobfoxgooglymlem:
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     Bricky (thatbrickster@shitposter.world)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Mar-2025 04:28:17 JST Bricky

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     @tk The Cybertruck weighs ~3.1 tons, below the 3.5 ton limit allowed under Category B.
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     Doughnut Lollipop 【記録係】:blobfoxgooglymlem: (tk@bbs.kawa-kun.com)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Mar-2025 04:28:17 JST Doughnut Lollipop 【記録係】:blobfoxgooglymlem:

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     @thatbrickster What about when you add passengers and cargo? :blobfoxthinkgoogly:
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     Another Linux Walt Alt (lnxw37b2@shitposter.world)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Mar-2025 04:34:33 JST Another Linux Walt Alt

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     @thatbrickster @tk https://www.motor1.com/news/747709/tesla-cybertruck-seized-in-uk/ makes it seem like it might be possible for TSLA to comply with UK rules if they wanted. Otherwise, it seems really strange to make the truck without considering the requirements of all the places one intends to sell them.
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     Bricky (thatbrickster@shitposter.world)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Mar-2025 04:39:52 JST Bricky

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     @tk Tesla quotes the load limit as 433kg. The AWD model would be below the limit but the Cyberbeast model would exceed it.
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     Bricky (thatbrickster@shitposter.world)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Mar-2025 04:40:46 JST Bricky

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     @lnxw37b2 I heard of the story. The concerns were mainly about those who could be hit by one, not so much about its weight (but would play a role in crash safety).
     
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     Doughnut Lollipop 【記録係】:blobfoxgooglymlem: (tk@bbs.kawa-kun.com)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Mar-2025 04:40:51 JST Doughnut Lollipop 【記録係】:blobfoxgooglymlem:

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     @thatbrickster @lnxw37b2 Maybe they shouldn't have made it so pointy in the first place. :blobfoxthonking:
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     Bricky (thatbrickster@shitposter.world)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Mar-2025 04:41:48 JST Bricky

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     @tk That, plus no crumple zones.
     
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     Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: (lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Mar-2025 07:41:21 JST Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:

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     @tk UK enforcing the real meaning of "truck" ^^
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     Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: (lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Mar-2025 07:44:32 JST Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:

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     @tk And to be honest it would be kind of fun if you'd need a actual truck driver license for US-sized vehicles, imagine MAGA nuts having to pass psychological tests.
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     feld (feld@friedcheese.us)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Mar-2025 07:50:03 JST feld

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     @lanodan @tk
     
     > you'd need a actual truck driver license for US-sized vehicles
     
     If they needed a CDL they could never drink alcohol. The BAC limit drops to 0.04% with a CDL. That's like one beer. It would kill the entire alcohol industry or cause a violent revolution. One or the other. Probably both.
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     Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: (lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Mar-2025 07:50:59 JST Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:

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     @feld @tk Heh, USA going back to prohibition, at least whenever the road is involved.
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     feld (feld@friedcheese.us)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Mar-2025 07:51:17 JST feld

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     @lanodan @tk we really should. It can be scary out there.
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     Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: (lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Mar-2025 07:54:59 JST Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:

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     @feld @tk Yeah tbh I really wish people driving most motor vehicles wouldn't be intoxicated (and I guess basic psychological test against like anger issues), but I think it would never pass in USA except in maybe some very large cities.
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     Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: (lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Mar-2025 07:59:18 JST Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:

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     @feld @tk After all hard part of it is that even if you have somewhat good infra, there's people in rural areas where public transit isn't much of a thing.
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     Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: (lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Mar-2025 08:03:04 JST Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:

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     @seanking @tk @feld Yeah I consider BAC to be a compromise.
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     Sean King (seanking@kazv.moe)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Mar-2025 08:03:05 JST Sean King

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     @lanodan @tk @feld I mean DWI is already illegal out here in the USA but the BAC limit generally isn't exactly zero. It's always some weird decimal percent like 0.08%.
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     feld (feld@friedcheese.us)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Mar-2025 08:54:57 JST feld

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     @seanking @tk @lanodan The reason for 0.08% is that we got the federal government to mandate that has to be the limit or they would withhold funding for roads. It can be lower, but it can't be higher.
     
     https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policy/olsp/fundingfederalaid/d.cfm
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