Tesla Owner Uses 'Summon' to Remotely Move His Car to Avoid Parking Tickets

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32 points·ourmandave··10 comments

Tesla already fixed parking tickets in April of 2015: https://youtube.com/watch?v=bn1uzAJk-6o

Wouldn't generally work in Seattle, where you need to move at least a block.

Also, it's a liability nightmare if something bad happens. Seems like a poor mechanism to avoid a few minutes work...

it would be the "operator's" fault, mean the person driving aka the person with the remote keyfob or phone.

Most places I know of are like that. I don't see what the ability to move your car ~40 feet into another parking spot is good for in this case. Actually, I'm having trouble seeing what it's good for at all.

it's explained in the feature description. it helps you get into or out of the car in a tight spot. lets you park like an asshole into a tight compact spot.

Alternatively, it let's you park like an asshole next to a Tesla and not worry about it?

Wouldn't generally work in Seattle, where you need to move at least a block.

My understanding is that in Oakland, you have to move out of the entire parking zone. Apparently, they punch the license plate numbers into a device.

> I’m not even sure it’s illegal, really.

I don't think that will take long to patch.

I don't know, the patch release schedule of governments tends to be extremely slow.

Only for low-priority items. Anything that involves votes or money goes to the top of the pile.

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