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Driver stopped in Tesla Cybertruck banned in UK

www.bbc.co.uk Tesla Cybertruck: Bury driver stopped in vehicle banned in UK

The eye-catching vehicle, which carries a price tag of about £48,000, is not yet legal on UK roads.

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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.

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
- Also they require proof of insurance to release the vehicle? That’ll be a problem. Can’t get insurance without an MOT.
  
  Off to hang out with Brum in the Beaulieu Motor Museum then
- 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 was a UK driver, and even a foreign policy would only be valid for a vehicle that meets UK registration and roadworthy standards.
  
  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'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.

"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

Hey hey it’s only £48,000 if you buy it new. If you get one used, they’re usually a lot cheaper but they can be as much as twenty-eight pounds.
- I think this still weighs more than 28 lbs
  
  £28, freedomlover!

How did the vehicle get into the UK if it is illegal? Surely it would have been stopped at the border or customs.
- My guess they came via a ferry or the channel tunnel.
  
  There is still border control when you take the ferry and channel tunnel.
- It's not road legal, but you can own one. If it came in on the back of a lorry, with the right paperwork, there would be no reason to stop it.

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 ;-)

Those look like Albanian number plates to me. I was reading about this guy tho other week.

Oi mate...

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