DOJ sues eBay for selling ‘rolling coal’ devices; fines could hit $2 billion
DOJ sues eBay for selling ‘rolling coal’ devices; fines could hit $2 billion
Rolling coal is the practice of tampering with a vehicle's emissions control system, causing it to spew black clouds of sooty exhaust.
Rolling coal is the practice of tampering with a vehicle's emissions control system, causing it to spew black clouds of sooty exhaust.
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The practice is sometimes used as a form of anti-environmental protest.
Sometimes? What are the more common reasons?
It's also used to assault cyclists for the crime of existing
I got called a slur and then coal rolled for having a pride sticker on my car. Stopped leaving my windows down around trucks in small town Texas after that.
From that perspective, I’d rather get rolled coal than doored.
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.
You don't even see that shit out of semis anymore. It's just burning fuel for no reason.
Hate to be that guy, but half the problem with this stuff is how much of it is unburnt
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
the emission systems reduce the power and fuel efficiency. removing or bypassing emission systems means they burn less fuel and get more power.
Fud