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Ohiogal

(31,987 posts) Sat Dec 29, 2018, 12:32 PM Dec 2018

Truck owners are blocking Tesla super chargers in protests [View all]

Tesla owners are reporting a spate of “ICE-ing” (an acronym from Internal Combustion Engine) by large trucks at superchargers across the country.

https://amp.businessinsider.com/truck-owners-are-blocking-tesla-superchargers-in-ice-ing-protests-2018-12

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Truck owners are blocking Tesla super chargers in protests [View all] Ohiogal Dec 2018 OP

The Tesla owners could reciprocate by blocking gas and diesel pumps n/t MichMan Dec 2018 #1

What sad, pathetic lives some people must live Flaleftist Dec 2018 #2

That's not protesting. It's just being a dick. WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2018 #3

This. It is bullying for the sake of bullying. Takket Dec 2018 #4

+1 ProudLib72 Dec 2018 #6

Unemployed? WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2018 #8

Changed it. I was making assumptions that I know I shouldn't ProudLib72 Dec 2018 #10

Do the trucks blocking the charging stations park there for an extended amount of time? MichMan Dec 2018 #5

This is kinda funny pintobean Dec 2018 #7

I snickered at that one too. WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2018 #9

Looks like that's a Pottery Barn store. MineralMan Dec 2018 #13

He couldn't afford clay pigeons so he had to get clay pots. Wait until his madinmaryland Dec 2018 #32

In California this asshole could get fined and towed away if he pulled that bullshit. There are still_one Dec 2018 #34

Goodness. pintobean Dec 2018 #39

Just another example how stupid chauvinism is Hav Dec 2018 #11

What, doesn't rolling coal Mendocino Dec 2018 #12

:D ... TeeYiYi Dec 2018 #20

There will always be Luddites who don't know change is inevitable Cyrano Dec 2018 #14

I'm some kind of Luddite who hates all automobile culture, electric or not. hunter Dec 2018 #37

The police need to be called. It will is illegal what they are doing still_one Dec 2018 #15

What law was broken? X_Digger Dec 2018 #16

They are parked in an electric charging area. That isn't public parking. Musk and Tesla owners pay still_one Dec 2018 #18

What law says that charging stations must be used for charging? X_Digger Dec 2018 #19

It's called "towing enforced" - that's what the property owners can do and should. harumph Dec 2018 #22

'Towing enforced' is a property owner decision, not the police. X_Digger Dec 2018 #24

In California it is a violation, and they can and will be towed away. They are called EV laws, and still_one Dec 2018 #27

This didn't happen in California, it's NC & TN. n/t X_Digger Dec 2018 #41

Ok, got it still_one Dec 2018 #45

You can call a towing service DBoon Dec 2018 #30

Yes, you as the property owner. No law has been broken, not a cop's job. X_Digger Dec 2018 #40

For better or worse our local towing services are quite aggressive... hunter Dec 2018 #47

In California and Washington state their are LAWS banning the blocking of EV charging still_one Dec 2018 #26

This didn't happen in California, it's NC & TN. n/t X_Digger Dec 2018 #42

Ok still_one Dec 2018 #44

Did you read the article? Adrahil Dec 2018 #49

Yes, and this happened in NC & TN. Not AZ. n/t X_Digger Dec 2018 #52

If it is a private lot, the property owners can set parking rules DBoon Dec 2018 #28

In states such as AZ, Ca, Washington, etc they have EV laws, and these assholes not only can get a still_one Dec 2018 #35

In California and other states it is. They are called EV Civil Codes. still_one Dec 2018 #33

I think it should be dealt with this way... hunter Dec 2018 #38

Exigent circumstances. I doubt that'd work w/ charging stations. X_Digger Dec 2018 #43

that's what american conservatism is about JI7 Dec 2018 #17

Conservative ideology "pwning libs" DBoon Dec 2018 #31

+1. Stupid jealous trash: dalton99a Dec 2018 #50

How about we just take photos of license plates and post online to shame them? mainer Dec 2018 #21

they are proud of it JI7 Dec 2018 #23

Not when gas stations start banning them from premises mainer Dec 2018 #36

Thermite in a ceramic flowerpot GaYellowDawg Dec 2018 #25

Just snip a couple valve stems if you don't have any thermite handy. Hassin Bin Sober Dec 2018 #46

and they wonder why they are "incels." :) nt TeamPooka Dec 2018 #29

They're just jealous because they can't afford one. llmart Dec 2018 #48

Plenty of a**hole rednecks to go around. I'd like to apologize littlemissmartypants Dec 2018 #51

There is a severe case of contagious DFI in this country. akraven Dec 2018 #53