--- title: "Furious Driver Appears to Use Rented Cybertruck as Battering Ram to Attack Package Thief" description: "A vigilante, who rented a neon green Cybertruck on the carsharing app Turo, used the truck as a battering ram to stop an alleged porch pirate." date: "2024-11-02" modified: "2024-11-02" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/furious-driver-rented-cybertruck-battering-ram" categories: - "Advanced Transport" tags: - "cybertruck" - "tesla" - "the digest" --- # Furious Driver Appears to Use Rented Cybertruck as Battering Ram to Attack Package Thief ![A vigilante, who rented a neon green Cybertruck on the carsharing app Turo, used the truck as a battering ram to stop an alleged porch pirate.]() *\Image: Stefen Phelps via Facebook\* ## Pirate Sandwich A vigilante who rented a neon green Cybertruck on the carsharing app Turo appears to have taken justice into their hands by chasing down a porch pirate, forcing them off of the road and ramming them into a nearby tree. Footage of the bizarre event, [shared by the Cybertruck's owner Stefen Phelps on Facebook](), shows the brutalist pickup accelerating after spotting an individual running to their car with what appears to be a package in their hands. Seconds later, the Cybertruck catches up with the black sedan of the accused porch pirate, hindering it from following a left turn in the road and forcing it to plow into a nearby tree. The Cybertruck then crashes into the back of the porch pirate's vehicle — or makes a "sandwich with the burglar's car and a tree," as Phelps put it. A separate angle recorded by what appears to be Cybertruck renter's smart doorbell shows the accused thief running to their car. Seconds later, the green Cybertruck can be seen whooshing by in the distance. The clip ends with an ominous crunching sound as the black car plows into the tree. "About to find out how good T\[uro\]’s insurance is..." Phelps wrote in his post. "Hopeful that it all works out but down to one car for a little while." https://twitter.com/InsaneRealitys/status/1852433410167582735 ## Battering Ram It's still unclear what exactly was in the pilfered package that would warrant a reckless speed chase and destruction of private property. "Apparently their neighborhood was having burglary issues all week," Phelps wrote in a [follow-up comment](). Phelps also revealed that "this was a $800 rental from Friday to Monday." Vigilante justice aside, Phelps — and most likely the driver of his Cybertruck — will have a mountain of paperwork ahead of them. It's unclear if insurance will end up paying for the damage. Worse yet, Tesla's brutalist pickup truck has already garnered a reputation for being [nearly impossible to repair](). Unless the carmaker decides to issue Phelps an entirely new vehicle, it's likely the truck won't be in a drivable state for quite some time. Besides, a case could be made that the Cybertruck driver endangered the life of the purported thief, which could greatly complicate matters. Meanwhile, users on the Cybertruck Owners Forum watched the footage in horror — and at least some amusement. "Two wrongs don’t make a right, but two idiots definitely make good YouTube," one user [wrote](). **More on the Cybertruck:** *[Man Puzzled by Why His Cybertruck Makes Him a Public Laughingstock]()* ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()