HoneyBadger
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Because we would be doing this...
https://www.facebook.com/nastytrucksnation/videos/966794486730456/
https://www.facebook.com/nastytrucksnation/videos/966794486730456/
Because we would be doing this...
https://www.facebook.com/nastytrucksnation/videos/966794486730456/
There exist Federal laws for modifying emissions systems but apparently a cop has to attend a special school to be trained in enforcing those laws. I believe a state trooper could cite you for this but municipal cops aren't going to be qualified (so-to-speak) to enforce them. By making it a state-level vehicle infraction then any cop can cite you. There might be state laws for excessive smoke, not sure about that. But I think the point was to change it from a obscure vehicle emission rule to something more like basically a passive aggressive assault on other drivers and pedestrians.Thank goodness for more legislation so they'll finally be able to make these bullies pay.
Or they could just ticket them? Surely there is some sort of existing emissions or safety codes an officer can cite when issuing a ticket for excessive smoke.
Yay for more laws
Maybe defective vehicle, not sure. In the Front Range you can rat on excessively smoking vehicles to a state hotline.They've been ticketing people for a while for this in Montrose. There has to be something they're citing rather than just "gosh I wish I could ticket that rude guy for something "
Blowing a cloud of black smoke from the tailpipes of a diesel-engine truck to annoy pedestrians and motorists is called rolling coal, and it’s a cultural pastime among a particular set of individual. The practice is also illegal in Colorado.
The trouble is police have a problem enforcing laws against it, according to law enforcement officers who testified in favor of a bill to help them better regulate what they see as a growing problem.
Currently, for cops to crack down on coal rollers, officers must be trained to discern the opacity of the smoke, and also observe it happening for a full five seconds.
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Manipulating vehicles to make rolling coal easier has apparently become something of a cottage industry.
“I think we’ve all witnessed and seen the black smoke go up,” said Aurora Democratic Sen. Nancy Todd, at the April 26 hearing.
“Blowing thick black smoke from exhaust pipes is a serious public nuisance,” said Democratic Sen. John Kefalas of Fort Collins.
A Fort Collins police lieutenant testified in favor of the bill, saying, “It can blow up a whole intersection with black smoke in just a few seconds.” That’s why the bill is needed, he said, to help officers who aren’t trained be able to enforce the law and not have to wait a full five seconds before issuing a ticket.
Chris Johnson, who represents the County Sheriffs of Colorado, says the state’s sheriffs back the bill.
“I’ve seen this happen,” he said. “It is an issue.”
Maybe defective vehicle, not sure. In the Front Range you can rat on excessively smoking vehicles to a state hotline.
BTW, this article mentions why it's been a difficult thing to enforce.
http://www.coloradoindependent.com/159114/rolling-coal-colorado