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blackrams
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FEB 13, 06:24 PM
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Elon Musk bemoans 'fun police' for making Tesla disable the feature that lets drivers blast fart noises and music from outside car speakers
https://www.msn.com/en-us/a...ATO6Io?ocid=msedgntp
Tesla CEO Elon Musk took a dig at safety regulators on Saturday night, calling them "the fun police."
The tweet appeared to blame the NHTSA for Tesla's eleventh recall in under four months.
The agency said the Boombox feature — which can emit fart and goat sounds — violates US safety laws.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk took a dig at safety regulators on Saturday night, when he said "the fun police" forced the latest safety recall of 578,607 vehicles.
Even though Tesla has agreed to disable its Boombox feature following a National Highway Traffic Safety Association report, Musk did not appear pleased with the regulatory agency — as he rarely is.
The feature in question allows Tesla drivers to replace the normal horn honk with anything from a custom song clip to fart and goat noises. Last week, the NHTSA ruled that it violates US safety laws requiring electric vehicles to emit pedestrian warning sounds.
"What was the rationale behind the BoomBox recall?" one Twitter user asked Musk on Saturday.
"The fun police made us do it (sigh)," Musk replied.
Musk did not respond to Insider's request for comment.
—Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 13, 2022
In a filing with NHTSA this week, Tesla argued that Boombox could "enhance the conspicuity of the vehicle to pedestrians." In other words, loud farts could be more noticeable than the car's default warning noise.
Even so, the automaker agreed to block Boombox when in reverse, forward, or neutral.
The Boombox software fix marks Tesla's eleventh recall in under four months, according to Bloomberg. Most Tesla "recalls" like these can be achieved through an over-the-air update to the cars' software.
The NHTSA determined the feature has not been linked to any crashes. What's of more concern to the agency are the twelve car crashes involving Tesla's autopilot assistance, which the group launched a formal investigation into this August.
Two weeks ago, Tesla disabled a self-driving feature in 54,000 cars that allowed rolling-stops at stop signs after the NHTSA said the option could increase the risk of a crash.
"Indeed, there were no safety issues. The car simply slowed to ~2 mph & continued forward if clear view with no cars or pedestrians," Musk tweeted following the announcement.
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MidEngineManiac
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FEB 13, 06:52 PM
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maryjane
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FEB 13, 10:22 PM
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I agree with them axing the goat sounds. Mortality is probably imminent as goats are born just looking for a way to die and they really like drinking their own piss.. right from 'the faucet'.
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randye
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FEB 13, 10:34 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by maryjane:
I agree with them axing the goat sounds. Mortality is probably imminent as goats are born just looking for a way to die and they really like drinking their own piss.. right from 'the faucet'.
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williegoat in...5....4....3.....2...[This message has been edited by randye (edited 02-13-2022).]
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steve308
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FEB 14, 09:45 AM
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Now if the government will please ban Hondas and Subarus with fart can mufflers.
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blackrams
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FEB 14, 09:57 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by steve308:
Now if the government will please ban Hondas and Subarus with fart can mufflers. |
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Can't argue with that............. 
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2.5
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FEB 14, 11:06 AM
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This reminds me of when I was in my late teens, with one of those sound effect boxes that looked like a CB radio set, and a megaphone type speaker behind the grill of a beater station wagon. We'd cruise thru mall parking lots making sound effects , most of the time farm animals, people would look around and laugh, probably sometimes wondering if there really was a, goat, cow, rooster around town. 
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williegoat
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FEB 14, 11:26 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by 2.5:
This reminds me of when I was in my late teens, with one of those sound effect boxes that looked like a CB radio set, and a megaphone type speaker behind the grill of a beater station wagon. We'd cruise thru mall parking lots making sound effects , most of the time farm animals, people would look around and laugh, probably sometimes wondering if there really was a, goat, cow, rooster around town. |
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MidEngineManiac
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FEB 14, 11:49 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by 2.5:
This reminds me of when I was in my late teens, with one of those sound effect boxes that looked like a CB radio set, and a megaphone type speaker behind the grill of a beater station wagon. We'd cruise thru mall parking lots making sound effects , most of the time farm animals, people would look around and laugh, probably sometimes wondering if there really was a, goat, cow, rooster around town. |
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Early 90's I had a black 84 T-top firebird (typical "knight rider") with one of those noise boxes, a confederate flag on the front plate and a fake "rocket launcher" switch on the dashboard.
It was OK in the city, but once I moved to a small town (about 5000) the cops were NOT impressed with it. Hell, today one of those switches would probably get you a terrorism charge.[This message has been edited by MidEngineManiac (edited 02-14-2022).]
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Jake_Dragon
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FEB 14, 12:15 PM
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If it was triggered by the horn button then I am not surprised. That was stupid.
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