Even someone as famously recalcitrant as Elon would think 2x if the fine were an order of magnitude as much as the value of the transaction.

There are other ways to assess someone’s potential wealth even if the margin of error is high. In Elon’s case, just his last stock sale or tax payment would give a value in billions.

Usually but some few countries such as Norway , Sweden & Switzerland link fines to income, as least for speeding.
One such example was a Swiss driver getting an $800k fine.

Kick these cops off ANY police force for 5 years, impose a $1 million fine on the pension fund per infringement & a $10k fine on the officer for a unlicensed performance.

But then you get your “camp kitchen” for free whereas it would cost you $5k if you bought a Rivian 8^D

“ It’s a pre-production prototype”
It’s a worse looking/built prototype than the original shown 2.5 years ago of a vehicle that was supposed to already be in production.
By this point Tesla should have beta cars & I fully expected them to have a few for public test rides. But at least the drone choreography was cool.

We won’t be saved by a 1-for-1 swap of passenger ICE for EV; all of transport needs to be decarbonized asap & electric buses - and semis - will do much more per kWh of battery capacity than these rectangular tinkertoys.

Elon’s primary concern is to get his stainless steel costs down as low as possible for the flotilla of Starships he plans to build. Cybertruck issues are secondary to that goal.

Tesla never builds enough prototypes. As lame as Faraday Future is/was, they built 40 prototypes of the FF91 within less than 2 years.
Tesla showed off 3 Model 3s at the reveal event but only 1 was drivable and at least one of the others was mostly painted wood.

“It’s within spec” - Tesla engineers

“This how notion that dour = good needs to stop in Hollywood”
For a very long time they’ve had wisecracking = good which can be just as tedious.

“he’s at best a casual gamer since most of his waking hours are spent at work”

a subscription fee which will NOT be refunded for ANY reason, even if it’s because Tesla took months to repair your $140k Plaid hyperspacecar

Did he have all of Thor’s memories?

Ignorance of the law is *never* an excuse, unless you’re an LEO

Because there were no reasonable grounds under which the police would have this person’s DNA on file had she not been a victim of a crime and - this is important - *consented* to a rape kit for which the express purpose is to identify the *rapist* not the victim.

I knew a lot of Italian guys growing up & they had great fun with the stereotypes and calling each other w**s all the time.
Not even once did I say it to any of them.

FFS those comments were made on his own podCAST!
It’s not like it was supposed to be private & he was hacked & his dick pics were leaked.

He’s ordinaaarrryy

Public urination is also illegal & accident statistics make it clear a license is no guarantee of driving competence.