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It did trigger and engage you. You didn't react to 'California driver' so you can see the utility of it, right?
The bail amount in the article is listed as $5,175,000.  Either that is typo or authority really want to make sure he stay in jail until he sees the judge. >

Says he has two other outstanding warrants, so I’m sure that’s playing a role >

Not to mention driving a Tesla.  The headline makes it clear. >

I feel like some tesla drivers might be decent people, I just haven't met one yet. >

Prius Driver vs Tesla drivers.
Both want an electric car, but the other is concerned about their image.
And sometimes the Tesla owner doesn't care about electric cars/environmental issues, it's that the name "Tesla" that adds points their personality checklist to tell people that they're personality is interesting. >

Plenty of people got Priuses for the "image" before Tesla was a thing. >

I don't know a single one, tbh. Every Prius owner I know got it for two things:
1.Really good mileage (especially in Gen 1 and 2) compared to other offerings at the time (now there are plenty of hybrids with comparative mileage, and EVs)
2. Gen 1 and 2 Priuses were overengineered to hell and back, because people weren't confident on hybrid cars and worried, and Toyota wanted them as a flagship and so they had to be ultra reliable.
Mine's an old 2009 model with a 175k on it, and it's been hands down the cheapest maintenance car I've ever had, with the fewest defects, recalls, or issues. And I've been getting 40-ish mpg, real world, the whole time I've owned it. >

I used to own a prius. I got more flack from friends than I ever received for any car I owned. 
Nobody who owned a prius around me acted smug about it. They aren’t exactly attractive cars.
We just liked the gas mileage. Gen 2 here. I was so proud when I got 62 mpg in San Francisco on the way back home from work. Only time I acted smug
…and it was to my family who also owned a Prius lol
A little too much South Park bias. >

Yeah. I live in Texas, do you know how fucking sprawled it is here? Yes, sign me up for a 40mpg in 2009. 
SUV owners were dropping 120+ bucks to fill their tank, and I'm paying 20 bucks, and we both have the same range on a single tank.
Absolutely saved me a ton of money over the 13 or so years I've had it. >

Siri not too good at calling 911 evidently. 
This guy filming stayed insanely calm props to him. >

what does it have to do with Siri? >

He asked Siri to call 911 three times and she never did it. Is it me, or have the voice assistants been getting noticeably worse over the last few years? >

Alexa has become so annoying, and Amazon just laid off a lot of people working on it. 
Especially compared to chatGPT >

That took way too long >

It really did. I was waiting for him to kill someone. Dude is unhinged. >

I'm out of the loop. Whay did he do? >

Repeatedly used his vehicle as a weapon, and punched off at least one cars side view mirror.  He was filmed on multiple days over a period of a week or more, verbally attacking people and threatening them from his car, and from on foot after getting out of his car. >

I’ve seen dudes get shot over that shit… I guess this dude lucked the fuck out? >

Reporters noted there was a tendency for the victims to be women. He picked his victims/ when to escalate, probably to avoid getting shot. IIRC one of the victims was 70+, grandmas don't often pack heat. >

That tracks for the people I’ve seen arrested for shit from Rome NY too. They usually end up with that same “Jersey Shore” style attitude too. Like they think they’re J-Wow or what not. >

He’s got issues with robbery and assault in Rome NY lol >


Officials with the California Highway Patrol identified the suspect as 36-year-old Nathaniel Walter Redimak of Los Angeles. He was arrested by CHP’s Major Crimes Unit in Torrance on Sunday.

Ponch and Baker arrested him after clearing up a 100 car pileup. >

I hope they get a warrant to pull the video from his Tesla, or from Tesla, depending on where it lives. >

Tesla dashcam videos stored on an SD card locally, and generally only if you tell the car to save it, or if sentry mode is going off, which probably isn't the case here.  Honking your horn automatically saves some amount of recent video, so if he did a lot of honking during the incident, it might have saved stuff.  Otherwise, probably not. >

Teslas have their own cameras. I don’t know much about them, so I can’t opine as to whether they caught this incident. But maybe.
Edit: or did you specifically mean Teslas? 
Edit2: got it. You’re describing Tesla cameras? >

I was referring to the Tesla’s cameras. Updated comment for clarity. >

Interesting. And is there only a dashcam? I had been under the impression there were more. >

There’s four, one on each side. There are minor blind spots on the side but generally speaking it’ll pick up enough footage of any given incident. >

There are seven cameras. Two on each side (center post, and just forward of side mirror), one forward, one rear, and one cabin camera. >

But only four record. >

Damn, a $5 million bond? They got him on a lot more than this...He's gonna be driving the new electric floor cleaner in the prison cafeteria soon >

This is the kind of arrest that should make it illegal for this person to buy or posess a firearm.
Edit: in every state. >

It's a felony: full bar on purchasing a firearm. Already on the books. >

Not that the cops enforce it.  Every felon re-arrested seems to have a gun.  How about so proactive policing where they make spot checks on felons and send them back to prison if they have a gun. >

You do realize you are proposing violating the constitution? Just because someone is a felon doesn’t mean you can bust down their doors and search them for weapons. >

Hopefully in the future Tesla can find a way to automate the road rage experience for the comfort and safety of their test drivers. >

But the driver needs to be ready to grab the lug nut wrench at moment’s notice. >

What a productive member of society >

You have to be pretty brave/dumb to walk up to an unknown pickup truck with a pipe in the US lol. >

Looks like his rage make him pretty irrational. >

So is this the asshole who's been in multiple road rage incidents in the past few weeks? Like the one with the pipe iron? I'm assuming so because if there are two road rage Tesla assholes running around California that's a lot.
But I'm confused because I thought they had a pretty clear image of the guy before.
Update: I caved and read the article. Looks like this is the old image of him, which was from January 11, and they just now got him identified. >

You underestimate Tesla drivers in California. 
Or really just Californians behind the wheel in general. 
Source: am Californian and everyone on the road is fucking insane. >

As another Californian, fuck you ^^^for ^^^being ^^^right . >

Who will order the 3 am pizzas for Elon now? >

r/Tesla is a  sub dedicated  to  the  Inventor Nikola  Tesla,  not  Tesla co.   what  you’re  looking  for  is  r/TeslaMotors >

Siri will call 911 WHEN SHE'S GOOD AND READY! >

Officials with the California Highway Patrol identified the suspect as 36-year-old Nathaniel Walter Radimak of Los Angeles. 
He was booked with an assault with a deadly weapon charge and in addition, Radimak has two outstanding warrants. His bail was set at $5,175,000 for his alleged crimes. >

Holy crap. 
Don't get me wrong. What he did was terrible and could have led to mass casualties, but 5m?
He must be totally loaded. >

long history of crime going back to New York in 2011, crimes in San Diego and San Francisco, 2 outstanding warrants before this arrest. Mix of violent crimes, threats, domestic abuse, meth possession, burglaries, he is areal POS. >

How did this guy not get shot doing this sh*t  is beyond me >

And he had two warrants! How has he not been at least pulled over or spotted by police in all this time while he’s freaking out in public 🤯 >

Plus he was driving without any plates. >

He has plates on but covered with a dark plastic covering which blocks the identification numbers from cameras.
That is why in most states/cities, it is illegal to have any covering (clear, plastic, black, tinted, elmo, donut, taped, etc) or housing on your vehicle's plates. >

It's illegal in California too. Cops here are just shit at enforcing much of anything traffic related. >

What do they do then? Honest question cos this is the easiest thing to pursue. Relatively petty assaults in high density cities like NYC or SF? Cops don’t care. Car broken into and laptops stolen? Cops don’t care. Hell, as seen in Uvalde at least, school shooting? Cops don’t care. Isn’t stopping people doing 5 over the speed limit or switching lanes recklessly or driving with expired registration and stuff like that the easiest thing for cops to do? >

Really curious how this knucklehead can afford a $100K car. I guess psychopaths are paid well? >

spoiled rich kid maybe >

A 36 year-old is not a kid. >

His tantrums say otherwise >

Dude must be bummed he finally had to change his outfit. >

I was hoping they would arrest him while wearing the same ratty green T-shirt. >

Dang. I was hoping he would try the wrong one and get shot. >

Indeed, I hate driving in Glendale. There are too many impatient drivers there for some reason. >

It's a dense city. Small in size but huge in population. Just like many other cities in LA with similar problems. Ever tried driving in any of the spots towards the end of the 10 W? Way worse than driving in Glendale. >

Why do I keep reading the dude's brand of car in the title of these headlines? >

Because Tesla gets clicks >

Actually surprising that the headline doesn't somehow mention Musk as well. >

That is when I would use my car as a weapon. >

Haha what a moron child like temper tantrum >

I saw him freaking out a few times on YouTube, this clown is done for. >

Couldn’t they have requested Tesla to provide the data of drivers stopped in these locations that have been filmed? >

That would require effort from the police. >

They have no problem wearing masks for this shit but protesting us... Nooooope >

I had something similar happen to me in Ohio from that same color car…. The driver nearly caused me to crash into a semi to avoid him slamming on his brakes…. California license plate too… could it have been the same asshole? >

Be careful not to bring a pipe to a gun fight. >

Hey Siri call 911….,three times and it didn’t work. >

Dudes like this need to think. Like pulling over and walking out of your car to fight doesn’t make you alpha or tough. 
He’s lucky he did this in L.A. and not Chicago, because the gangsters in Chicago don’t play silly games. They will literally just shoot up your car, kids or dogs in the backseat be damned. >

dude was a meth dealer and has robbery charges in his past.  He won't have a Tesla very much longer. >

What’s in his hand? Is that a gardening tool? Is that standard in a Tesla ? >


Why does car brand suddenly matter, but only when it's a negative story? Tesla, Mercedes, Hyundai, who gives an f?

I keep seeing this asked over and over again. Initially when this guy was attacking people his Tesla had no identifying plates, hence the "Tesla driver" as a descriptor. >

he has no job, but yet drives a Tesla.....wtf is wrong with American society >

His contributions to douchebaggery are prolific and legendary. >

Glendale.
His father probably bought him that car. >

To all the racists, go fuck yourselves. >

I’ve never in my life heard a news article lead with “a ford F150 driver…” or “a Volvo driver…” >

Here’s a headline with less information, if that makes you happy.  
Road-rage suspect arrested in 2 Freeway incident, held on $5M bond >

Your headline, arguably, has more relevant information >

More relevant to the guy caught and the attorneys involved.  
Less relevant information for the public, who were instructed to be on the lookout for a guy committing road rage in a Tesla, and to be wary of similar drivers and send in any tips:

Authorities sought the public's help to find a man driving a Tesla who attacked another motorist with a metal bar in an apparent road-rage incident, and who may have targeted others.

If the police had said “be on the lookout for a guy we’re going to set bail at $5 million when we arrest him after your tips come in” then I would agree with you.   The Tesla-specific headline says “the guy we told you to be cautious of has been apprehended” which is arguably much much more useful for the general public to know. >

Dude is an ass for sure but why is his car make relevant? >

There's a lot of asshole drivers in Glendale . On Brand Boulevard alone there are cars tailgating you in bumper to bumper traffic. >

Literally, only 1 incident out of the 10 or so captured on camera was in Glendale. Why do you feel the need to single Glendale out? >

I'd associate the shitty driving not with any race in particular but with our cities in LA being too dense. Too many people living in too small of an area creating too much traffic. >

Why is it important to mention over and over that he’s a Tesla driver? >

I hope that becomes a remote feature. >

Plot twist: it’s just Elon. >

Mental illness is a serious problem in America and it’s very hard/expensive to get the help you need. We need to take it seriously! >

As if this guy has been trying to get mental health care. Some people are just toxic assholes who enjoy making others miserable and they tend to think nothing’s wrong with them. >

Buddy put a bandana over his face. With his license plate in full-view. Not the sharpest tack in the box. >

Look again. No license plate. That’s what I noticed and what has been reported, anyway, although I suppose it’s just dang-near impossible to read. The lack of a (visible?) plate is one of the reasons it took as long as it did to find Captain A-Hole. >

Oh. I thought it was blurred-out. >

Tesla is having a bad pr week >

What’s owning a Tesla have to do with it? Dude sounds like an ass. >

Keep up. 
Only way we could link him was with the car/ outfit/ pipe he used every time. I’m sure the car brand is what led to the police finding him. >

What does driving a tesla have to do with the story >

Because that’s what he was seen and recorded repeatedly as driving when he’d go out attacking people?  If he drove a convertible Mustang and that was all that was known of him, that would have been mentioned instead. >

They were trying to identify him with the public 's help!!! Guess how!!!???!
We're done as a species if possible can't cop on to common sense. 
Bruh!
YES THEY WOULD HAVE mentioned it repeatedly of it were another Make. 
Sorry Daddy Elon isn't who he claimed. >

I am wondering why does the title say "Tesla driver ...." 
The story was about a driver. Don't think I have seen the title "Ford pickup driver puts lifes in danger.." even though that's a normal thing. >

What’s the type of car he drives have to do with anything? >

Why wouldn’t the most complete description be used for a repeat offender?
His name and plate weren’t known, but because his car was identifiable people reported more incidents they had footage of. >

Sorry, would anyone write an article mentioning "a ford driver" or "Toyota driver" or "GM driver"? 
Mentioning Tesla has nothing to do with the content and everything to do with driving engagement >

What you wrote is karma suicide on reddit whether it is true or not. >

Is it normal for this kind of news to include the car brand in the title? I don’t believe I have seen it before. >

He was driving a Tesla with no visible license plate, so describing the vehicle was the only way to tell people what to beware of. >

Oh, so this was an ongoing thing?  It makes more sense in that case. >

Apparently there were multiple incidents besides just this one, over a period of a week or so. >

There were police reports going back to last spring. >

You’re getting shot if you pull that shit out here in Utah. The state would have your back, too. >

That could have happened in LA too but apparently the shitty dude picked his targets carefully or something >

What the hell does Tesla have to do with this???  I would bet more Dodge drivers engage in road rage incidents per capita but you don't see other manufacturers mentioned.  This is just so weird. >

Because Tesla owners are generally---and wrongly---thought of as wealthy sophisticates whom car owner aspire to be. The modern day car cool people. Just like Musk. Don't you just gasp ooh and ah when you see one on the road and wish you had one, even if they cut you off with their privilege? All this cr** is going down the drain now that Ford is upping the challenge with their eMustang, the new Model-T, which will be cheap enough for everyone to own. eCool on the road will be redefined. Sorry Tesla stock! >

By your logic is every Ford driver just like the Ford CEO?  And how the hell is Ford suddenly a good company?  They have been a massive negative force in electric car adoption for decades.  They utilize lobbyists and corporate money to stifle progress in so many areas to suit their corporate profits since before Musk was born.  Ford money is a huge reason why we have a shit public transit and train system in the US today. >

Agreed. I have never owned a Ford and come from a GM/Chrysler family. Fix Or Repair Daily. I am just projecting what will happen when the eMustang hits and jolts the market. Sorry if I hurt you. >

Aka a driver. The brand name mention is ridiculous lol