Tesla rubbish

[flecc]

That's worrying 'cos as a carpenter/electrician Me and my oppo both carry locking stanley knives in our pocket's. Obviously I should be locked up forthwith. Perhaps inside I;d learn some alternative uses

I do to, for use working in the local nature reserve, but they are ok. It's the swing hinged pocket knife that locks the blade open that is illegal.
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[Planemo]

Theres nothing in law that distinguishes between 'swing hinged pocket knife that locks' and 'stanley knife'.

The definition in legislation is 'locking blade' and clearly that covers stanley knives.

Using one in the course of ones business is fine (and lawful), but unless you can convince the copper of that at the time of being found in possession of it, you are highly likely to get nicked. Even if its for the lesser offence of being in 'possession of a bladed article' rather than an 'offensive weapon' which the stanley is.

Blame it on the football hooligans years ago. They went one better and fitted their stanleys with two blades side by side. It made stitching the wounds incredibly messy and left much worse scarring...

 

[Benjahmin]

Using one in the course of ones business is fine (and lawful), but unless you can convince the copper of that at the time of being found in possession of it, you are highly likely to get nicked.

I guess a lwb Renault van full of tools should do that.!

 

[Danidl]

I guess a lwb Renault van full of tools should do that.!

If you are a registered plumber , yeah that's ok, but if you were a registered dentist, you might have some explaining to do.... Stanley knives, and angle grinders would be interesting items to use in the surgery.
Sorry for hijacking this thread... It is about charging electric cars and the fact that due care might not yet have been making the car safe following a collisionand that Tesla may not have sufficient experience in this area.

 

[Deleted member 4366]

Isn't that beyond vandal access with the locked bonnet, underside battery, and very limited ground clearance on these e-cars?

I've never heard of a single case of this in following the e-car subject this decade.
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You've lost the thread of what I've been saying.

If the car crashes, the emergency services need to disconnect the main battery before they extract any passengers from the wreck because there's a chance that they'd electrocute themselves when they cut through wires, or they could short something out, which could make a fire. The disconnection point and method need to be standardised, otherwise they won't know how to do it, but if it's common knowledge how to do it, the vandals could do it.

 

[flecc]

You've lost the thread of what I've been saying.

If the car crashes, the emergency services need to disconnect the main battery before they extract any passengers from the wreck because there's a chance that they'd electrocute themselves when they cut through wires, or they could short something out, which could make a fire. The disconnection point and method need to be standardised, otherwise they won't know how to do it, but if it's common knowledge how to do it, the vandals could do it.

Understood, I thought you meant that was already the case. I fully agree on that need.
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