• some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
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    7 days ago

    Someone deliberately bought the vehicle. They knew the risk. One took out its owner in my old neighborhood a couple months ago. Pretty sure it was the one that I laughed at parked on the street all year. Haven’t seen it since.

    • apocalypticat@lemmy.world
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      7 days ago

      It was a rental. Read the article instead of speculating.

      edit: apparently the article was amended, and the original did not make that specification

    • DominusOfMegadeus@sh.itjust.works
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      7 days ago

      I feel like we used to have consumer protections in this country about things like cars spontaneously catching fire. I’m sure I must be mistaken though.

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        7 days ago

        People who buy cybertrucks are against that kind of thing. People who don’t buy cybertrucks are happy to let them suffer the consequences.