In the opening scene, the patrol vehicle is seen speeding off to the hospital with a front license plate. Michigan does not have front license plates.
When Russ shorts out the power to shut the washing machines off, he puts the screwdriver in the large slot in the AC outlet. This is the neutral line with little voltage on it and grounding it wouldn't pop the circuit breaker. Even if he put the screwdriver in the small hot slot, it wouldn't pop the circuit breaker, but still could have electrocuted him.