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How on earth is it street legal to emit a high-pressure plume of jet exhaust behind you?
by omginternets 3y ago
How on earth is it street legal to emit a high-pressure plume of jet exhaust behind you?
- nikanj 3y ago’Murica
- dzdt 3y agoIts street legal to drive using the standard motor with the jet engine OFF.
- omginternets 3y agoOooh, it's a hybrid!
- dylan604 3y ago"Hmmm, the car has two engines making the car a hybrid so maybe we can drive in the commuter lanes along with the Toyota Priuses. "
- omginternets 3y agoImagine being the cop who has to argue over the ticket with that guy ^^
- aidos 3y ago> That doesn't stop me from the occasional blast on the highway though.
- skeaker 3y agoSomething being road-illegal doesn't stop you from doing it anyways...
- mindslight 3y agoWe live in a society where things are legal by default. Why would adding a jet engine to a car be a priori illegal? If he harms somebody or otherwise causes damage, that itself is what's illegal and he'd be liable regardless of motor vehicle regulations. If this mod became a larger trend, especially consumer-available, then regulations would be implemented to head it off. But for a few lone instances it's not particularly necessary.
- lawlessone 3y agoI am not in the US, but where i am afaik anything that modifies the car like this would have to go through some sort of recertification process. It would be perfectly legal on private property but not public roads
- throwaway20304 3y agoWell not sure where you are, but where in EU I am, you can modify the insides of your car (people attach entire apartments to the insides of their cars...), and there's nothing wrong about stuff sticking outside - you just need to attach a red flag if it's over 1.5m out of the car (maybe red flame would be enough?). The modified rear door might be a problem, but where I am you could simply keep the original open, or detach it.
- jamiek88 3y agoRoad traffic laws are absolutely not harmonized across the EU. French, Portuguese and German rules of the road for example are all different in statutory strictness and enforcement strictness.
- dahart 3y agoI’d guess that’s true in the US too, if you modify the engine or transmission or exhaust system, etc. But adding something to your car without modifying the existing systems has no regulation and no certification process, which he sorta talks about in the article re: police inability to enforce. As long as there aren’t other laws you violate, hanging a big fan out the window might not count as modifying the car.
- wkat4242 3y agoJet exhaust doesn't need to be high pressure. It depends. For example a turboprop engine doesn't provide any jet thrust and usually the exhaust is even pointed away from the direction of flight. But it is very hot so exhausting it close to the ground or people is a serious problem.