Someone slapped a Starlink satellite tv for pc dish on their automobile’s hood. Police slapped them with a ticket.

Generally innovators are punished or laughed at, or they’re merely forward of their time.

I am unsure that is the case right here however no matter. You have nonetheless received at hand it to a motorist who apparently hooked up a Starlink satellite tv for pc dish to the hood of their automobile. Starlink, for the unaware, is House X’s satellite-based web service supplier.

Anyway, right here, take a look at this innovation.

The California Freeway Patrol posted on Fb that the driving force claimed the dish solely blocked their view “once I make proper turns,” which would not be nice. CNBC reported that CHP gave the driving force a ticket for the obstruction and that the motorist advised an officer they used the dish to work from their automobile.

“Sure, it’s in reality unlawful to mount a satellite tv for pc dish to the hood of your car, obstructing your view beneath part 26708(a)(2) of the California Automobile Code,” CHP Antelope Valley wrote on Fb. “You additionally could not hold issues out of your rear view mirror, mount a GPS or cellular phone in an unapproved location in your windshield, or show a handicap placard whereas the car is in movement beneath this part. It is about security people.”

As The Verge famous, Elon Musk, head of House X, as soon as stated in a 2020 earnings name that he supposed “technically, you could possibly purchase [a Starlink antennae] and simply stick it on the automobile.” He famous on Twitter, nevertheless, that it undoubtedly wasn’t meant for vehicles.

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Musk stated this week that Starlink has greater than 1,500 satellites in orbit and greater than 69,000 customers. He has stated the aim is to deliver extra inexpensive web to locations with decrease populations.

“It is actually meant for sparsely populated areas,” Musk stated throughout an interview at Cell World Congress.

Received it: rural areas and not the hood of a automobile.