3 ms·

It’s completely illegal but the people who do it are conservative white men, so the police almost universally look the other way (it’s extremely common to see t

by acdha 3y ago

It’s completely illegal but the people who do it are conservative white men, so the police almost universally look the other way (it’s extremely common to see the trucks equipped with this also have blue lives matter or fraternal order of police stickers, those thin blue line flags the fascists like, etc.). You can see them intentionally blast cyclists, pedestrians, Prius drivers, etc. so it really should be treated as assault since there’s both premeditation and deliberate targeting. What really needs to happen is nailing the shops which do these modifications. Individual drivers are hard to track down but if it involved your business going bankrupt they’d decide it’s not worth it very quickly.

genocidicbunny 3y ago
> What really needs to happen is nailing the shops which do these modifications. Individual drivers are hard to track down but if it involved your business going bankrupt they’d decide it’s not worth it very quickly. Weaponize CAF against them. You get caught coal rolling, the cops get to take your truck. Same thing against the shops doing the installations -- you get caught installing these devices, your entire business is immediately seized.
- linksnapzz 3y ago
  >You get caught coal rolling, the cops get to take your truck. This would of course be bad for the owners of shops who...also service the town's police vehicles. I know at least one shop owner who would have a free hand in town to burn literal peat in his truck, and none of the cops would stop him if they liked riding in their Tahoes.
  - acdha 3y ago
    Yeah, I think this would need to be some kind of state or federal level program, with either an anonymous bounty or a reduction on your own legal consequences - that way each guy getting busted would have a financial incentive to identify who made the mods.
- holbrad 3y ago
  That's pretty extreme. Surely fines seem far more appropriate.
linksnapzz 3y ago
Removing emissions control equipment from a modern diesel is not exactly like having to take apart the entire engine. It's simpler than you might think.

by acdha 3y ago

genocidicbunny 3y ago

> What really needs to happen is nailing the shops which do these modifications. Individual drivers are hard to track down but if it involved your business going bankrupt they’d decide it’s not worth it very quickly. Weaponize CAF against them. You get caught coal rolling, the cops get to take your truck. Same thing against the shops doing the installations -- you get caught installing these devices, your entire business is immediately seized.

linksnapzz 3y ago
>You get caught coal rolling, the cops get to take your truck. This would of course be bad for the owners of shops who...also service the town's police vehicles. I know at least one shop owner who would have a free hand in town to burn literal peat in his truck, and none of the cops would stop him if they liked riding in their Tahoes.
- acdha 3y ago
  Yeah, I think this would need to be some kind of state or federal level program, with either an anonymous bounty or a reduction on your own legal consequences - that way each guy getting busted would have a financial incentive to identify who made the mods.
holbrad 3y ago
That's pretty extreme. Surely fines seem far more appropriate.

linksnapzz 3y ago

Removing emissions control equipment from a modern diesel is not exactly like having to take apart the entire engine. It's simpler than you might think.