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Being raised in Texas and living in California, we have here what we call 'pavement princesses. They buy old or new big trucks, lift them, hard-wire the bright
by effingwewt 4y ago
Being raised in Texas and living in California, we have here what we call 'pavement princesses.
They buy old or new big trucks, lift them, hard-wire the brights permanently engaged.
Most have never been in mud, much less used for work. People in big work trucks (oilfield workers and actual rancherd/farmers etc) never act like these LARPers do.
They also drive like assholes, riding ass and being aggressive. I love aiming their brights back at them with my side mirrors. Legit had one guy scream at me for it in a drive-thru. Apparently blinding me is fine, but how dare I blind him so bad he had to turn off his lights...in a well-lit parking lot. I get out my car in a Jack In The Box drive-thru and who is behind me? Some old guy (60+) in a brand new truck with not a scratch on it. Lifted with pretty powder coated lift kit. LED lights on the outside and wheelwells. My mind was blown I'd expected it to be some douche kid.
Also he had some stickers that read 'Yeet truck'. An old man. I don't know if they have a Facebook truck or what, but these guys take pride in being assholes.
At least in Texas you will get a ticket for brights. Here in California they just run rampant.
I haven't been back to Texas in about two years now, but when did this go from something to be laughed at to something people aspire to?
Asshole-as-a-culture?
edit to add- people are now using aftermarket headlights, which is fine, but they throw away the instructions that show how to properly set them so they aren't pointing straight ahead. Damn near as bad a brights. Also never ticketed here so it runs rampant. I told the last officer to pull me over for my tint being too dark that it's the only way to not be blinded at night. I'd rather pay the ticket. Let me off with a warning, which was nice.