Rolling coal is the practice of tampering with a vehicle’s emissions control system, causing it to spew black clouds of sooty exhaust.

  • GigglyBobble
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    251 year ago

    The practice is sometimes used as a form of anti-environmental protest.

    Sometimes? What are the more common reasons?

    • @SkybreakerEngineer
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      391 year ago

      It’s also used to assault cyclists for the crime of existing

      • @soren446
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        9 months ago

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      • @DarthBueller
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        31 year ago

        From that perspective, I’d rather get rolled coal than doored.

    • Neato
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      151 year ago

      To look like you’re an impressive person with a big, strong truck that is so powerful it can’t help but not spew lung-destroying emissions. They’re just cosplaying truckers.

    • PupBiru
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      31 year ago

      i’d probably read the sometimes as applying to environmental protest rather than the practice… as in there are other forms of environmental protests, and this is one that is sometimes used

    • @luckyhunter
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      -31 year ago

      the emission systems reduce the power and fuel efficiency. removing or bypassing emission systems means they burn less fuel and get more power.