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It seems to have escaped your attention that they did the exact opposite and "felt free" to drive and illegal vehicle on public roads with no insurance, so anyo

It seems to have escaped your attention that they did the exact opposite and "felt free" to drive and illegal vehicle on public roads with no insurance, so anyone they hit wouldn't have any compensation. And you can't buy them here so they brought it in knowing they couldn't legally drive it on the roads. Not the sharpest, are you?

kcplate 2y ago
Are you really arguing for the idea that governments should seize and destroy private property? I may not be the sharpest knife in the drawer, but at least I respect other people’s things. I’d rather be dull than a thief…but to each their own.
- NikkiA 2y ago
  Are you really arguing that the libertarian way is to consider laws optional? There is no way he can legally use the vehicle on any UK roads, giving him it back, when he has already flagrantly violated the laws, is encouraging him to violate them some more.
  - kcplate 2y ago
    >…laws optional? When someone commits a traffic or road infraction in the UK is the response to confiscate their vehicle and demolish it? Probably not, I am not in the UK, but I am pretty sure that is not the penalty and never has been for road violations. My guess is the driver is probably fined. If they are a repeat offender, likely a license to drive is taken away. Certainly if they drive after that, perhaps incarceration is considered. Not sure that there has never been a penalty where something akin to “smashing someone’s toys with a hammer to stop them playing with them” has ever been considered a reasonable penalty and effective deterrent. But hey, maybe y’all have a different perspective. If so ah salud.
    - NikkiA 2y ago
      If the vehicle is not road legal, it is frequently seized, and the owner has to arrange for it to be made road legal or it is considered abandoned. Abandoned vehicles are often destroyed, yes.
      - kcplate 2y ago
        Well that is not what you originally said and what I commented on. You advocated for confiscation and destruction of a legal product to own in the UK. Fine the driver, jail the driver, do whatever the law requires when someone breaks a traffic law. Just owning that particular vehicle apparently is not a crime in the UK. Destroying the vehicle as a punitive measure is simply not appropriate. Would you confiscate and destroy the shoes of someone trespassing on a path? From the article: “Just because UK residents are allowed to purchase an imported Cybertruck doesn’t mean they can drive it on public roads. Choosing to take the risk opens them up to a police stop.”
- bdangubic 2y ago
  what about if I drive a military tank with a biological weapon inside, should I be able to or should government intervene and seize it?
  - kcplate 2y ago
    So a cybertruck is a military biological weapon? I thought it was just an ugly EV.
    - bdangubic 2y ago
      both are illegal in the UK :)
      - kcplate 2y ago
        According to the article it’s not illegal to own the cyber truck in the UK, just illegal to drive it on public roads. “Just because UK residents are allowed to purchase an imported Cybertruck doesn’t mean they can drive it on public roads. Choosing to take the risk opens them up to a police stop.”

kcplate 2y ago

Are you really arguing for the idea that governments should seize and destroy private property? I may not be the sharpest knife in the drawer, but at least I respect other people’s things. I’d rather be dull than a thief…but to each their own.

NikkiA 2y ago
Are you really arguing that the libertarian way is to consider laws optional? There is no way he can legally use the vehicle on any UK roads, giving him it back, when he has already flagrantly violated the laws, is encouraging him to violate them some more.
- kcplate 2y ago
  >…laws optional? When someone commits a traffic or road infraction in the UK is the response to confiscate their vehicle and demolish it? Probably not, I am not in the UK, but I am pretty sure that is not the penalty and never has been for road violations. My guess is the driver is probably fined. If they are a repeat offender, likely a license to drive is taken away. Certainly if they drive after that, perhaps incarceration is considered. Not sure that there has never been a penalty where something akin to “smashing someone’s toys with a hammer to stop them playing with them” has ever been considered a reasonable penalty and effective deterrent. But hey, maybe y’all have a different perspective. If so ah salud.
  - NikkiA 2y ago
    If the vehicle is not road legal, it is frequently seized, and the owner has to arrange for it to be made road legal or it is considered abandoned. Abandoned vehicles are often destroyed, yes.
    - kcplate 2y ago
      Well that is not what you originally said and what I commented on. You advocated for confiscation and destruction of a legal product to own in the UK. Fine the driver, jail the driver, do whatever the law requires when someone breaks a traffic law. Just owning that particular vehicle apparently is not a crime in the UK. Destroying the vehicle as a punitive measure is simply not appropriate. Would you confiscate and destroy the shoes of someone trespassing on a path? From the article: “Just because UK residents are allowed to purchase an imported Cybertruck doesn’t mean they can drive it on public roads. Choosing to take the risk opens them up to a police stop.”
bdangubic 2y ago
what about if I drive a military tank with a biological weapon inside, should I be able to or should government intervene and seize it?
- kcplate 2y ago
  So a cybertruck is a military biological weapon? I thought it was just an ugly EV.
  - bdangubic 2y ago
    both are illegal in the UK :)
    - kcplate 2y ago
      According to the article it’s not illegal to own the cyber truck in the UK, just illegal to drive it on public roads. “Just because UK residents are allowed to purchase an imported Cybertruck doesn’t mean they can drive it on public roads. Choosing to take the risk opens them up to a police stop.”