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[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 1 points 29 minutes ago

Smash it into a little cube

[–] Kekzkrieger@feddit.org 3 points 1 hour ago

Asking to be keyed

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 5 points 1 hour ago (1 children)
[–] AlecSadler@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 hour ago

I miss the brief moment Tesla dealerships were being vandalized or set on fire.

[–] markovs_gun@lemmy.world 22 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I flip off every cybercuck I see. You can't own one without supporting a fascist so everyone driving one is an asshole. I think you should be socially ostracized for owning one of these pieces of shit and I am doing my part.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 10 points 1 hour ago

I used to, then I did it in heavy traffic, and saw this guy go crazy. He got stuck behind me, but was trying to catch up, and I noticed his window was down. I figured he wanted to yell at me, but he never got the chance.

Two days later they arrested a SwastiKKKar owner after he took some shots at someone who flipped him off on the same highway.

Same guy? I like to think so. SwastiKKKar owners are weirdos.

[–] qbus@lemmy.world 7 points 3 hours ago

But this Tesla is illegally parking and stealing money from a private equity firm since Chicago sold all their parking revenue...

[–] ZkhqrD5o@lemmy.world 18 points 4 hours ago

Please photograph the license plate next time.

[–] obinice@lemmy.world 10 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

No registration plate on the front? That'd be illegal where I'm from. You need to be able to identify the car from both sides, after all.

[–] Rcklsabndn@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 hour ago

That's the law in Illinois as well.

[–] roserose56@lemmy.zip 12 points 5 hours ago (1 children)
[–] obinice@lemmy.world 10 points 4 hours ago (3 children)

Woah now, are we sure killing somebody is the right call here? It's only illegal parking after all.

[–] snowdriftissue@lemmy.world 4 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Chicago city policy is that 911 is the number to call if illegally parked cars are blocking traffic so they can send out a dispatch. Calling the police is literally the correct answer.

[–] rajano@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

Calling a local towing service is also an option.

[–] roserose56@lemmy.zip -1 points 4 hours ago

I guess you forgot the /s?

[–] SpruceBringsteen@lemmy.world 47 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

Rip off the windshield wiper. They're proprietary to this vehicle and aren't cheap.

[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 23 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

These cars take pictures of everyone that approaches the vehicle.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 14 points 4 hours ago
[–] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 25 points 6 hours ago

Only in minecmaft, of course.

[–] LemmyShemmy@aussie.zone 14 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

Lol people are too fucking stupid. Why would anyone buy this POS car  its a literal spying machine and its not even spying on others, ITS SPYING ON YOU

Also Elon musk is a pedophile billionaire who can come after your kids next and you can't do anything about it coz you're slaving a 9-5 and he has billion dollars

[–] ZkhqrD5o@lemmy.world 5 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

It also spies on others as well, because the exterior cameras are also uploading to Tesla.

[–] purplemonkeymad@programming.dev 18 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

Why is there even a parking meter there if it's a bus lane?

It's not a parking meter. It's one of those electronic paying stations (pay box). You can zoom in. It even says so.

[–] Meron35@lemmy.world 4 points 5 hours ago

They're there because the city needs to pay the private company that owns the parking spots for the space the bus lane occupies

(Actually not sure about this specific case, but wouldn't be surprised if it was, since Chicago Parking Meters owns all the parking meters too)

Chicago Parking Meters - Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Parking_Meters

[–] chasteinsect@programming.dev 26 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Where the license plate numbers at?

[–] snowdriftissue@lemmy.world 4 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

Only 29 US states require a front plate

[–] s38b35M5@lemmy.world 1 points 24 minutes ago

Kind of funny to see, "only" used to describe 3/5 of a whole. That's most states, though even the ones that do require it rarely use it as more than a pretense for a stop.

[–] beetus@lemmy.world 4 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

Illinois, where this pic is from, is one of those states! Maybe this car is from out of town

[–] snowdriftissue@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago

Maybe this car is from out of town

Likely. Several states that don't require front plates border Illinois

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 9 points 5 hours ago

He'll screech about public transport being communism or something if confronted.

[–] Rollade@lemmy.ml 8 points 6 hours ago

Well maybe it's time that bus and tram get a cow plow at the front like trains had.