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    Elon Musk’s Tesla convicted repeatedly for failing to cooperate with UK police

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    1. Wagamaga on

      Elon Musk’s Tesla car company has racked up at least 16 criminal convictions and had to pay out nearly £20,000 after repeatedly failing to co-operate with UK police

      The British arm of the motoring firm has been taken to court by a host of British police forces over the last year, after letters from officers went unanswered.

      Police were looking for the details of speeding Tesla drivers, and when there was no reply the company itself was prosecuted.

      The Standard first highlighted the trend last May, when at least 15 criminal convictions had been accumulated by Tesla.

    2. scotswaehey on

      I saw one on fire in Kilmarnock the other night

      [https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/crews-called-tesla-fire-outside-34421219?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwY2xjawHoqhFleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHa63qfysCKs67pAnZBPPzJJOyqwuvsR0MNmewG0gah8riNCUDC-FOKATJg_aem_7D0pl5tMnGJ1DscU6ySPPA#Echobox=1736082800](https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/crews-called-tesla-fire-outside-34421219?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwY2xjawHoqhFleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHa63qfysCKs67pAnZBPPzJJOyqwuvsR0MNmewG0gah8riNCUDC-FOKATJg_aem_7D0pl5tMnGJ1DscU6ySPPA#Echobox=1736082800)

    3. Longjumping_Stand889 on

      I’d never heard of the police doing this before, is it normal? Do they try to get driver information from other car companies?

      Edit: as a few people have now pointed out, it’s because these cars are being leased from Tesla.

    5. Adm_Shelby2 on

      >Police were looking for the details of speeding Tesla drivers, and when there was no reply the company itself was prosecuted.

      Why are the police going to the manufacturer to get this information? DVLA not picking up the phone?

      Edit: Ignore me, rented vehicles from Tesla, makes sense.  Like asking Enterprise for driver details then.

    8. thatlad on

      20k over 16 convictions is a pittance. I wager someone at Tesla ran the numbers of how much it would cost for a legal department to deal with this shit and decided it was cheaper to take the hit. Not only do they reduce costs but it avoids any ill will with their customers.

    13. Azzylives on

      Gonna cop some downvotes amid the hate boners people have for Musk but isn’t this the correct thing to do from Tesla?

      It’s not the manufacturers problem or responsibility what a driver does with the car and the police have no reason to get them involved.

      Ignoring them and not even engaging would be the correct course of action.

      The fact they were officially prosecuted should be a fucking dead canary or two to people.

    14. DinosaurInAPartyHat on

      Needs to update the law so companies can’t just keep fucking around.

      There’s gotta be a breaking point where it’s like “OK, if you’re gonna be dicks. Then you can’t sell in our market, fuck off.”

    16. ruffianrevolution on

      Its almost as though he has some sort of ‘two-tier’ approach to the law. 

    17. HedgehogF88 on

      Shock horror… No.
      Tesla is not the first company to ignore police summons for car pool driver information.
      And £20k… Let’s get real. No story here, move on.

    18. Glad_Librarian_3553 on

      Fined 20 grand? The company owned by the richest man on the planet fined 20 grand? He probably spends more than that on breakfast for fucks sake, add a good handful of zeroes to it and maybe he’ll take notice… 

    19. J8YDG9RTT8N2TG74YS7A on

      This is yet another thread where it’s very clear which commenters did not read the article.

      tl;dr

      Tesla are leasing out vehicles. The drivers of these vehicles are breaking the law. Tesla are refusing to provide details of who was driving the vehicles at the time.

      Every other lease company has to provide those details.

      If an individual failed to provide those details they would be prosecuted and get 6 points on their licence.

    20. KeremyJyles on

      Frankly I don’t think they should be obligated to provide such info. It’s the police’s job to find out who was driving for any criminal charge, nobody should be forced to assist them.

    23. camz_47 on

      So, the UK police still can’t do their job and want Tesla to dox it’s drivers

      Yeah, sod off MET, haven’t you got a Facebook commentator or someone saying naughty words to prosecute while you ignore actual criminals