Giant LED Screen Seen on Tesla Cybertruck in Texas Is Rage-Inducing
Telsa is a company with a controversial reputation, and the Cybertruck has arguably gotten the worst press out of all its products. First, people mocked the truck's blocky, hefty design, some even calling it "unsafe." Then, more recently, some Cybertruck owners claimed that their trucks' bodies were starting to rust after getting left out in the rain. And now... this.
OK, let's be fair- Tesla really isn't to blame for this incident. If anything, this speaks to some very questionable judgement from one Cybertruck's driver. Drivers on a Texas highway became enraged after seeing a Cybertruck driving with a giant, bright, and very distracting LED screen mounted on its tailgate!
The era of the drive-in movie theater is dead; long live the drive-up movie theater! LOL, just kidding- this is one bad idea that has no business ever catching on. Little is known about the Cybertruck's owner or where exactly this person is. The reporters from @abc7la only knew that this screen-bearing Cybertruck was filmed cruising down an unidentified highway in Texas, distracting highway commuters as they attempted to drive through the rain.
The LED screen, which appeared to be stacked and mounted on the rear bumper and attached to the tailgate, displayed a series of text and 3D graphics, believed to be advertisments. Guess this truck's owner thought he'd turn his vehicle into a mobile billboard. And you thought those people with the ultabright LED headlights were bad...
Unsurprisingly, commenters weren't impressed with this dangerous set-up, mocking its distracting nature and obvious risks.
"Now people are gonna get into accidents because they're watching these dumb TV screens!" one viewer exclaimed.
"Ah yes, subway surfers while you drive," quipped @blinding.end, referring to the annoying TikTok trend of putting distracting Subway Surfer "let's play" videos next to slower-paced content.
"Now you can't see the brake lights," pointed out @b._.chill. While the brake lights are technically visible, the huge, bright LED screen between them would distract any driver from noticing the lights themselves- add that to the list of dangers here.
The Legality of The Cybertruck's LED Bumper Display
As the ABC reporters joked, Teslas are known for their large screens, but these are normally mounted inside on the dashboard, not back on the bumper for the world to see. With it posing such an obvious danger to drivers around it, you'd expect that such bright signage would be totally illegal- the reporters from ABC certainly thought so. However, the answer isn't quite so clean-cut.
If you've been around in certain big cities, particularly tourist-heavy places like Las Vegas, you may have seen larger trucks with mounted LED billboards similar to this one. Most drivers aren't fans, considering them a nuisance at best and an active danger at worst. But according to MobileBillboard.US, while many American cities have banned or restricted the use of mobile billboards, there's no hard and fast rule universally banning mobile billboards like these. Granted, there might be some legal thorniness around it being mounted on what appears to be a private vehicle, and the use of bright, neon colors on the highway is definitely in poor taste, to say the very least. But is it problematic enough to make it not street legal? That likely depends a lot on where it's being driven.
As someone who already gets testy while driving on the highway, this is one trend I really don't want to see taking off. At best, it's going to kick off a road rage incident at some point. At worst, this kind of distraction could cause a huge multi-car pileup. We're already inundated with advertising 24/7... please, just let highway drivers ride in peace!
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