https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-tsla-restraining-order-tslaq-model-3-fsd-demo/ Tesla gets restraining order against TSLA critic who tried to disrupt Model 3 test car April 21, 2019 Simon Alvarez
[image https://cdn.teslarati.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Matte-Black-Tesla-Model-3-Highway.jpg (flat black Tesla-3 under test driving north on highway I-280 not too far from the Tesla HQ - formally the hp/agilent Deer Creek site in Palo Alto, CA) shares https://twitter.com/enn_nafnlaus/status/1119700937801654273/photo/1 Nafnlaus @enn_nafnlaus pic.twitter.com/KtWCY8t97I 3:34 PM - Apr 20, 2019 https://twitter.com/enn_nafnlaus/status/1118283513030160390 Nafnlaus @enn_nafnlaus Hey @elonmusk - just letting you know that as we speak, short sellers are discussing trying to deliberately cause an accident with one of your FSD vehicles in order to make Tesla look bad. 5:42 PM - Apr 16, 2019 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1119761927440220160 Viv @flcnhvy · 18h Replying to @elonmusk and 9 others Just saw the restraining order that was filed against him because he hit a Tesla employee with his car & attempted to interfere with the FSD demo vehicle. tslaq must be one of the most insane things that's ever happened to a company, let alone one that makes the world better Elon Musk @elonmusk Never seen anything like it. Tesla is just trying to make electric cars & solar power for a better future for all. True, we might not succeed, but why do they want us to fail? 7:37 PM - Apr 20, 2019 ] The man behind one of the most prominent anti-Tesla accounts on Twitter, @skabooshka, has been issued a temporary restraining order after allegedly trying to cause an accident during a Model 3 test vehicle’s Navigate on Autopilot demonstration. The noted TSLAQ member reportedly drove so recklessly that his vehicle ended up triggering the Model 3’s crash emergency avoidance maneuver. The temporary restraining order was granted by the Alameda County Superior Court in CA on Friday, though it is still unknown if the restraining order has been served. In its filing, Tesla claimed that California resident Randeep Hothi, the man allegedly behind the TSLAQ @skabooshka account on Twitter [ https://twitter.com/skabooshka ], had “stalked, harassed, and endangered” three employees who were driving a Model 3 in the Bay Area. The electric car maker noted that this was not the first time that the noted short committed acts against the company, as he also reportedly injured a member of Tesla’s security personnel when he was caught trespassing on company property. Tesla explains its request for a restraining order as follows (credit to Twitter user Nafnlaus [ https://twitter.com/enn_nafnlaus ] for providing screenshots of the documents). The following are excerpts from Tesla’s restraining order. Respondent has a history of trespassing at Tesla’s facilities, unlawfully taking photographs and video to post on his Twitter account, and other misconduct, as explained in the Leslie Declaration. However, in recent months, Respondent’s conduct has escalated and has resulted in violent and intimidating confrontations with Tesla employees. In an incident in February 2019, Respondent hit Tesla’s security employee Tyler James with hi car as Mr. James approached Respondent to ask him to leave Tesla’s private property. Mr. Tyler suffered minor injuries. The Respondent did not stop and fled the scene. The Fremont Police Department were called and arrived on the scene. The Department later attempted to issue Respondent a warning notice of trespass, but was unsuccessful because Respondent has avoided and been uncooperative in meeting with Fremont police officers. More recently, on April 16, 2019, Respondent stalked, harassed, and endangered (three Tesla employees) who were driving on the highway in a Tesla-owned Model 3 vehicle being manufacturer plates and mounted with camera equipment. In particular, Responded pursued these employees on the public highway for about 35 minutes, variously driving ahead of, beside, and behind them, and swerving dangerously close to the vehicle. Respondent swerved so close to the side of the Tesla that the vehicle’s side-collision (crash) avoidance safety feature was triggered to engage an emergency maneuver to avoid the collision. These employees had no prior knowledge of Respondent’s interactions with Tesla, but it appeared that Respondent was trying to interfere with their drive, and each feared that Respondent’s road conduct would cause a collision and injure them. Fearing for his safety and for the safety of the other passengers in the Model 3 (a Tesla employee) called the San Francisco Police Department at that time. However, because no officers were in the area, (the Tesla employee) ultimately did not request that an officer be sent to their location. On April 22, 2019, Tesla will host an event at its headquarters at 3500 Deer Creek Road, Palo Alto, during which Tesla employees will be demonstrating vehicle functionality in manufacturer-plated vehicles on nearby roads. Respondent has expressed interest in this event on Twitter, and his Twitter followers have encouraged him to try to follow and interfere with these drives. Respondent is a vocal Tesla detractor, claims to be a Tesla short-seller, and tweets extensively about his desire to see Tesla (and its Autopilot technology) fail. To ensure the safety of Tesla employees and the public, temporary protection is needed, on April 22,2019, for any Tesla employee driving a Tesla vehicle with manufacturer plates within 5 miles of Tesla’s headquarters at 3500 Deer Creek Road, Palo Alto, California. It should be noted that @skabooshka’s actions mentioned by Tesla in its restraining order disturbingly mirror some of the suggestions proposed by the TSLAQ community [ https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-elon-musk-full-self-driving-tsla-bears-autonomy-investor-day/ ] when the noted bear posted images of the company’s Model 3 test car on Twitter. Among these suggestions include braking in front of Tesla’s test vehicles, as well as intentionally swerving into the electric cars’ lane to ensure that the company’s demonstrations are authentic. Other Tesla bears also joked that it would be amusing if the Model 3 crashed. Due to his actions, the noted Tesla bear will now be required to stay at least 100 yards away from the Fremont factory or the employees named in Tesla’s restraining order. He is also required to stay 10 yards away from any Tesla vehicle with manufacturer plates within five miles of the factory. The restraining order is effective until May 7, when a hearing is set. the Tesla critic’s reckless actions seemed to have stemmed from a particular focus on Tesla’s upcoming Autonomy Investor Day on April 22, where the electric car maker is expected to give investors a deep dive into its full self-driving initiatives, including its custom Hardware 3 computer [ https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-early-access-program-full-self-driving-buyers/ ]. Test rides on vehicles equipped with unreleased features of Autopilot and the Full Self-Driving suite are also expected to be held in the event. Neither Tesla nor Hothi have responded to requests for comment to media publications such as The Verge, though the @skabooshka Twitter account boldly declared on Saturday post [ https://twitter.com/skabooshka/status/1119705659627302912 ] that “I will not rest. This is my promise. Tesla is a zero. @elonmusk will go to prison.” Elon Musk, for his part, noted on Twitter that the actions of the noted Tesla bear was something that he has never seen before. [comments: spec9 • 2 hours ago The shirters are becoming creepy unhinged stalkers. A restraining order is the proper response. The entire restraining order request can be found online. Note that Elon confronted VW's CEO about skabooshka last year but VW brushed it off as just the brother of their employee. But these brothers live together in the same house so the VW employee clearly knows what his brother is doing. What a weird situation. Ken • 2 hours ago Sad to see what some people are willing to do to earn some money. Endager other drivers, cause a potential crash with an injury or death.... just to earn some money. How low can a human being go... Gene Phipps • 34 minutes ago I admire Elon's restraint. For me...hard for this d-bag to risk peoples lives on the freeway if both of his legs are broken. Violence is of course seldom the correct choice. That being said...the guy is clearly a threat to public safety. pgjack • 2 hours ago From Tesla's beginning there have been people (mostly men) who hated electric cars or Elon Musk. Now, despite that fact that every major automobile company and many startup companies are making electric vehicles with future plans to have them drive themselves these people (mostly men) continue to attack Tesla and Musk and no other manufacturer. There are a lot of people in the world and a small percentage of them are just plain insane. That's the only explanation I can think of. Imperator Cydonius • 2 hours ago the stupidity runs deep in this one masterle • 4 hours ago Put this loser and moron away. damien666 • 5 hours ago that's no surprise to me, I read for some time a german tesla shorter forum where they claim since 8 years that tsla will get bankwupt in the next few days (ironically always the same ppl there state it for years, what's the definition of insanity by Einstein ?). And they are pure A-holes trying everything to manipulate the stock in any way they can by spreading obviously false infos and more, they are not worthy to be called humans, they are just beings for which I have no respect at all ] ... 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