way back when about 20 years ago when I was younger, more sheltered and more idealistic I wanted to be a cop. Did a whole bunch of ‘train up’ stuff with local, provincial and even some federal officers. Self defense, community volunteer, outreach and all that stuff.

Hill is an all-star player, a Superbowl winner, and one of the fastest receivers in the history of the league, but none of that matters when you’re facing a squad of half a dozen of Miami Dade’s finest.

My cousin left a large police force because they couldn’t deal with the corrupt, lazy or outright racist POSs that come with the job. The way some Officers talked was too much and they needed to leave for their safety (both mental and potentially physical since they couldn’t trust a few to have their back!)

Thanks for the extra info, but I am kinda horrified yet not at all surprised that a cop would freely admit that race comes into play. You’d think they’d at least put in a little effort to pretend that’s not so.

Folks are unwilling to talk to their neighbors in part because the kind of people who turn their yards into junk yards also tend to be the type of people who are heavily armed and fly gadsen flags.

HOAs are not a part of the democratic process. They can declare that only silver cars can be parked outside and you kinda have to go with it. Or move.

I’ma suggest that you could easily call this “David’s Law” in honor of former Jalopnik writer and terminal jeep hoarder David Tracy. If y’all recall, it was legal for him to have cars in the yard of his rental (!) until he pushed his hoarding a bit too far and the city was like, “no, that is not what we meant and you…

People shit on Telsa because you need to smash out your window if your “key was in a weird state”.

“The town council reassured HOA Presidents that it can enforce even stricter regulations for automotive blight if they so choose.”

Why would it not just save recordings until the memory is full and then start overwriting the oldest footage first?

I know this sort of real-world stuff is difficult for you, but it’s possible she didn’t have it because she didn’t have her wallet because her wallet is in her purse and she doesn’t expect the car to lock itself and refuse to open.

Agreed.  Seems like foolish oversight to not have physical, mechanical access in the event of an emergency or malfunction.

Even on a cold day, if I cannot immediately access my child, its a rock through a window.  I cant imagine this womans horror.

They don’t need to shit on a Tesla for clicks, they shit on themselves and then it just gets reported. There is no need for the locking system to be so stupidly over complicated. None.

Every car: electric, hybrid, or ICE, should be legally required to always have at least one 100% mechanical lock and door mechanism.

Good on her for valuing the life of her child over her car window.

There was until the OTA wipe request got sent from Austin.

Not really into his music but great human being regardless.

I hate this defeatist argument. I get it, but I hate it.

If we had listened to Jimmy Carter, worked on efficiency, occasionally put on a sweater when it got cold instead of jacking up the heat 50 years ago, instead of following reagan’s “fuck it, burn everything and crank the AC” policy and all the GOP policies of ignoring the climate ever since, can you imagine how much…