• TrackinDaKraken@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    The driver remains held in the Grapevine Jail on multiple charges, including operating a vehicle in a closed section of a park and having no valid boat registration.

    I hate Musk and Cybertrucks as much as the next guy, but there was no reason to arrest the guy. A citation would be enough.

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      4 days ago

      Probably should of been a citation but… “having no valid boat registration” is just chefs kiss

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      Maybe he was an absolute unapologetic, insufferable asshole to the pigs who responded to the call? (As you might expect a CyberTurd driver to be.) That could explain why they decided to throw the book at him.

      The ‘no valid boat registration’ definitely sounds like a “What else can we possibly charge this asshole with?” kind of thing.

      Though, now that I think about it, how do you properly register an amphibious vehicle? As a car, as a boat, or do you need to register the same vehicle twice in order to get both types of registration?

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        Great question! I would bet that very few states/countries, if any, have a radio button for amphibious vehicles. I’m sure it very rarely comes up.

        Hey neat, the Amphicar forums have a thread on this topic! Makes sense. https://amphicar770.com/threads/boat-registration.3886/

        They say that California has an amphibious registration option but that the other mentioned states just register it as a car.

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      Agree. Jails should be reserved for people who are a danger to society. Then again, it sounds like they just weren’t sure.

      What we don’t know: It remains unclear exactly what McDaniel hoped to accomplish by driving into the deep water

  • TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com
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    4 days ago

    if the cybertruck could transform into cybervessel i’d totally buy one

    there’s politics and then there is invading your frenemy’s beach party at the local lake