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[–] SpruceBringsteen@lemmy.world 83 points 1 week ago (2 children)

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

[–] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 46 points 1 week ago

Only in minecmaft, of course.

[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 33 points 1 week ago (3 children)

These cars take pictures of everyone that approaches the vehicle.

[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The flu is going around. Masks help reduce the spread.

Also the long metal side trims above the side doors are only held on with glue and can be peeled off like packing tape.

I’d still like to find a solvent or acid that doesn’t affect stainless steel but does dissolve aluminum. Would be so fun to watch one of these shitboxes crumble from the inside out.

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[–] markovs_gun@lemmy.world 62 points 1 week 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 40 points 1 week ago (3 children)

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.

[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

I'd rather die to a fascist than live with them.

[–] GroundedGator@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] lechekaflan@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

They ought to be wearing something they can't take off.

[–] chasteinsect@programming.dev 36 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Where the license plate numbers at?

[–] snowdriftissue@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Only 29 US states require a front plate

[–] beetus@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

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

[–] macaw_dean_settle@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

Many teslas in Illinois do not have their front plates. It is the law here and when I questioned an officer about enforcement, he stated, "It will just get tossed out." That and police hate doing their jobs.

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[–] snowdriftissue@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Maybe this car is from out of town

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

[–] s38b35M5@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week 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.

[–] ZkhqrD5o@lemmy.world 29 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Please photograph the license plate next time.

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[–] purplemonkeymad@programming.dev 23 points 1 week ago (3 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 5 points 1 week 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

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[–] hildegarde@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Why is there a parking payment kiosk next to the bus lane on a road with no street parking? Something isn't adding up here.

[–] hildegarde@lemmy.blahaj.zone 31 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Found the location on street view. The bus lane is a weird partial bus lane that only exists on part of the block. Most of the lane is available for parking.

The bus lane areas are painted red, and there is a sign at the start saying no parking/tow away zone. But they aren't aligned properly. The red pavement starts about a car legnth before the no parking/tow away sign.

In most traffic codes, signage takes precidence over painted markings on the street. So as far as I can tell, the truck in the picture is parked legally, despite being on red pavement.

This is some particularly stupid street design, and this post is an incredibly manipulatively framed picture, with the sign just out of frame, but not an example of illegal street parking.

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[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

[–] black0ut@pawb.social 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The bus lane is red! That proves it!

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Wake up, sheeple!

[–] obinice@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week 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 4 points 1 week ago

That's the law in Illinois as well.

[–] roserose56@lemmy.zip 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] obinice@lemmy.world 23 points 1 week ago (4 children)

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

[–] snowdriftissue@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week 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 4 points 1 week ago

Calling a local towing service is also an option.

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[–] Kekzkrieger@feddit.org 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Armok_the_bunny@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That looks like a cybertruck, does it even have paint to be damaged?

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[–] qbus@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

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

[–] Rollade@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 week ago (3 children)

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

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[–] Lettuceeatlettuce@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Call it in. All cities have a number you can call to report illegal parking. I had a guy park his stupid huge pickup truck and trailer in the alleyway by my house, blocked me into my own driveway. Totally illegal to park there.

I called the parking violation report hotline I found online for my city. Within about 30 minutes a cop showed up, got out and looked at the truck, made a call on his radio, and 20 minutes later a tow truck got there and towed the whole thing away.

Didn't cost me a dime, and the loser who parked it there not only had an absolutely shit day when he found out his truck and trailer got towed, but also had to pay out the nose to get it back from the impound lot. Win win!

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] AlecSadler@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 1 week ago

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

[–] Pappabosley@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

They were probably saying something nasty about elon and it just stopped and kicked them out

[–] dan69@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

It’s weird that it’s almost the width of the lane..

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[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 week ago

Smash it into a little cube

[–] AeonFelis@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Where does it says it's a bus lane? I only see "SNB", which stands for "snob" - which makes it perfectly acceptable for a Cybertruck to park there.

[–] lechekaflan@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Tempting to stick something like "$1 a hit" and then leave a sledgehammer by the curb.

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