The Tesla Roadster is now street legal! The electric car, developed here in Silicon Valley, has passed the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards and dozens of other federally mandated tests for mass production automobiles. Included in the testing? Front, side and rear crash tests; tests to ensure adequate windshield defrosting and rear-view mirror visibility; Department of Transportation-compatible head- and taillights; and working seat-belts and airbags. Oh yeah, and they had to get approval from the EPA too. If you're on the list to buy one of these things, you're one step closer to giving those emissions-producing 911 drivers the finger as you zip up the 101. (Ed.'s note: Our reporter has been disciplined for using the definite article before the name of a highway.)

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