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    • Zedd_Prophecy
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      10 hours ago

      I’m Tennessee this is almost standard with every lifted truck. 3 out of 5 vehicles are lifted trucks. I drive a Miata.

      • oopsgodisdeadmybad@lemmy.zip
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        9 hours ago

        Exactly. Lifted trucks is part of what I actually meant.

        Large consumer tricks should be banned as well.

        I would even add high performance cars all the way down to mustang level.

        If it’s too big or too fast, get it off the road.

    • setVeryLoud(true);@lemmy.ca
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      21 hours ago

      It is not. Wheels are not supposed to stick out past the fenders, for one, and mud flaps are mandatory for vehicles past a certain height.

      • SippyCup
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        10 hours ago

        Your mileage may very. I’ve checked ordinances in the 4 states I frequently drive in and didn’t see any of that mentioned for any of them.

      • Fredselfish
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        19 hours ago

        Texas it used to be illegal for trucks with dual tires or tires like that not to have mud falps. I once got pulled over for it.

        But today it’s not. I don’t what happen but suddenly it not illegal in Texas anymore and it should still be because of shit like that.

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    1 day ago

    Outa my way liberal! I gotta get home and eat my 72oz steak covered in cheese that my fat bitch wife microwave me after I just worked 16 hours at the ball crushing factory!

    • helpImTrappedOnline
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      1 day ago

      Oh hey be reasonable now, those jackasses wouldn’t go anywhere near a ball crushing factory in fear of the association with balls turning them gay.

  • CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de
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    1 day ago

    It’s awful for the steering geometry to have the wheels offset so far from where they’re supposed to be. So not only does it eat tyres and ball joints, it also handles worse than it already would.

    RIP your windshield.

    • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca
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      1 day ago

      The wider wheels put huge leverage forces on the suspension joints and hubs they were never designed for. With time and a few bumps, the front wheels will fall off.

      All tolerated because some fucking idiot culture.

      • setVeryLoud(true);@lemmy.ca
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        20 hours ago

        Imagine being such a zero that you’re willing to ruin your truck, your wallet, and what little driving characteristics it had for, uh, idk, beats me.

  • Pat_Riot@lemmy.today
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    1 day ago

    Sucks about your window, bro, but this truck has never even seen mud, and that was a rock, bro, not mud. - that guy probably

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    2 days ago

    Non-american here, is this legal in the US??

    • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca
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      1 day ago

      Not in US, not in Canada, but police stopped working in 2020. They figured out the get paid just as much.

    • Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe
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      2 days ago

      No, it isn’t.

      Cops just don’t enforce it (it’s probably not a moving violation, just an inspection one.)

      Wheels must be fully enclosed so they don’t throw debris up.

      • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca
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        1 day ago

        Those wheels also grab pedestrians and cyclists and pull them under the vehicle at intersections. Record numbers of pedestrians getting killed but we decided to prioritize toxic masculinity.

        • SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de
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          22 hours ago

          If you mow down enough pedestrians and cyclists, there will be fewer of them, thus reducing the death statistics. It’s a problem that solves itself

        • sanitation@lemmy.todayOP
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          2 days ago

          The way American insurance work - u just file a claim of damage - as long as you took a picture of other guy license plates - their insurance will just pay out. Seen it

          • thejml@sh.itjust.works
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            1 day ago

            Unless it hits the road and bounces up. Happened to my parents when a metal chunk got kicked up by a truck in front of them, it hit the ground right in front of them and pierced their muffler. Claim denied.

            • Winning
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              1 day ago

              When you go to Luigi them, make sure the bullet ricochets off the ground so they don’t have a life insurance claim.

            • sanitation@lemmy.todayOP
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              24 hours ago

              they probably said as much, they should have kept story short - out of wheels straight into my windshield. license plate. nothing else. insurance wont be spending time figuring it out. glass is cheap, agent time isnt.

          • zwerg@feddit.org
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            2 days ago

            But licence plates seem to be optional in the U.S. Such a strange country…

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              Where do you believe they are not required? Some places let you get away with one on the front or back instead of both and a newly-purchased vehicle might have temporary paper tags but if it’s on the road, it needs to have some kind of license plate.

              (Looked it up later, turns out all states require rear plates and some also need one on the front. No states only require the front plate.)

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                2 days ago

                The idea that you only need one at the front or the back seems crazy to me.

              • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca
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                1 day ago

                In Ontario, we have no visible licence plate validation and most of the plates are illegible because of a corrupt deal between the government and 3M.

    • mrmisses
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      2 days ago

      Yes it’s required for people with tiny pps

  • NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de
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    1 day ago

    If no one’s gonna mention it, I will: love the Pikachu plush! my mom also has some plishies on her windshield, it always gives a cozy feeling 😊

  • just2look@lemmy.zip
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    2 days ago

    Mud flaps generally aren’t legally required. However multiple states don’t allow tires to be that far outside of the wheel well.

    • XeroxCool
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      1 day ago

      Wheel coverings are required with a maximum exposure limit. The body usually does the job. Look to the 2022 Jag F-type and F-pace for little spats in the upper rear of the rear wheel arch for hidden compliancy.

      • just2look@lemmy.zip
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        22 hours ago

        I knew there were rules for that with commercial vehicles, I wasn’t sure about private. And it gets even more complicated since every state is different.