Loss of driving license and vehicle will be seized and scrapped. Maybe the metal can be used for an electric car.

The Stop Motorists Ostentatious Loosening of Particulate Pollutants, or SMOLPP, Act

Mostly agree except for the small penis bashing. We need to end small-dick hatred.

Rolling coal is just dumb. You can make more power and pollute less than factory with the parts available today. Rolling coal is just wasting fuel and showing everyone you're a douchebag.

As long as there's an "and" in there, I agree.

Vehicle modifications are, imo, a form of self-expression and should be protected by free speech as long as they don't compromise the safety of the vehicle or cause it to spew more greenhouses gases than necessary; however, modifying your car in a way that intentionally makes it unsafe or increases pollution is fucking awful.

To put it another way, modifying your engine timings and shoving a turbo in there should be legal even though it will probably increase emissions because the intent is to increase power. Modifying your car to increase emissions just because you can is an asshole move.

I know this opens a loophole regarding intent as people could potentially argue that "rolling coal" somehow increases horsepower (or create a mod that increases horsepower while also dumping shittons of unburnt diesel into the air). However, you could also argue that you don't need to "roll coal" to increase your truck's power, and that the modification needlessly increased emissions.

Tbh I kinda think ICE vehicles are going to become the "vinyl records" of Gen Z, alpha, and whatever comes after. Electric cars will be the norm and will be used to get people from A to B, but ICE and hybrids will be something enthusiasts have; and tbh, I'd be willing to bet that in a world where ICE and hybrids are mainly in the hands of hobbists and enthusiasts, the emissions released would be negligible.

Eh, people should be able to modify their cars for fun and education. It's a really piece of shit thing to do that has no performance benefit though...

Too harsh even for these idiots. You can't function without a car in America. It would leave to poverty through job loss which isn't the goal. We already have penalties this: you can't get a successful inspection with an illegally modified car. Then you can't get registered, can't get insurance, it's illegal to drive, etc. That's functionally the same thing but now they have to pay, potentially fines too, to get their car fixed or receive recurring tickets that would eventually lead to dissolution of driver's license. And if law enforcement sees an illegally modified car, they can issue tickets and require another inspection.

Man riding a motorcycle in my state with these fuckin idiots was awful. Even with the helmet I got a waff of this garbage and not to mention it sticking to my clothes on some occasions. It's not even denialism it's just wilful harm. Luckily the number of these idiots seems to have gone down over the last few years.

Not only that, their vehicles may not work as efficiently and burn more gas when running.

Come on out to my little corner of red hat hell and you'll hear/see/smell it on the reg.

Teenager murdered a cyclist when attempting this but instead drove over them. Was in Texas, great surprise.

Yeah, they are generally the worst sort.

Look at this case -

https://www.ksat.com/news/texas/2021/11/09/charges-filed-for-teen-driver-who-rolled-coal-on-cyclists-then-ran-them-over-on-texas-highway-waller-co-da-says/

https://www.abc15.com/news/national/charges-filed-against-teen-who-a-witness-says-hurt-six-bicyclists-while-trying-to-roll-coal

No but they'll go after whoever sold the shit to them

Funnily enough, removing your cat. converter is illegal, but getting caught without one isn't. Unless the Fed watches you remove it, they won't fine you.

Totally agree, though. Fuck coal rollers.

Something I keep noticing about the brodozers I see is the tires are almost always bald. And I wonder if they're having trouble with maintainence. Diesel engines are expensive when they break.