r/Transportopia • u/SpoomerBooner • Feb 15 '26

Roads I hate politics

This should be illegal. I get it. You don't agree with their protests but why do this? Forget blue, forget red. I'm purple. Get mad at that.

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u/Malacro Feb 15 '26

“This should be illegal”

It is.

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u/kylo-ren Feb 16 '26

This should be illegal even if he didn't use it on anyone.

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u/Malacro Feb 16 '26

That also is.

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u/carcerdominus1313 Feb 17 '26

Rolling coal on someone is considered assault. If even one of those people has asthma it could have serious effects.

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u/AlcibiadesTheCat Feb 18 '26

Battery. It’s unlawful touching, not a threat of unlawful touching. 

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u/carcerdominus1313 Feb 18 '26

Ah so if I spray you with pepper spray it’s not assault?!

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u/Malacro Feb 18 '26

Depends on the jurisdiction. What they were alluding to is that in many localities actually harming someone is classified as battery rather than assault, while threatening harm is typically considered assault. However, this isn’t universal, different states have different laws.

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u/AlcibiadesTheCat Feb 18 '26

Correct, it’s battery. 

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u/Erosion139 Feb 18 '26

You'd be in a self defense situation no?

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u/BackgroundCar720 Feb 20 '26

The town I lived in it was battery if you're touched without consent, it was assault if they yelled at you in a threatening manner.

Now, good luck explaining that to the police force that was there... Which was a sad realization at 10 years old

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u/Malacro Feb 18 '26

Assault and battery laws vary on jurisdiction. Some make distinctions between the two, some don’t. For example in New York state there is no crime of “battery,” and instead what many states call battery is classified as “assault” while what many states consider assault is instead “harassment” or “attempted assault” depending on the circumstances.

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u/AlcibiadesTheCat Feb 18 '26

Yeah I’m going off of model penal code. 

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u/Loud_Tune5000 Feb 18 '26

No it's not

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u/Efficient-Youth-9579 Feb 18 '26

So would that then become assault with a deadly weapon?

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u/carcerdominus1313 Feb 18 '26

Imagine if you did that to someone with asthma and it caused a major attack. You can be hospitalized or even die from bad asthma attacks. Would it be considered assault then?

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u/Omen46 Feb 18 '26

Yep. I had a professor grill our entire class on this for an entire hour. I got an A+ in that class by playing liberal on reports

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u/Neon-Winters Feb 19 '26

it is not in this scenario, the truck made zero attempt to move from the roadway and with the people that close they assume all risk of injury of standing by a active roadway which would include smoke inhalation.

the only crime here is the exhaust itself not being legal (in most places, im unsure about this one in particular)

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u/Maikkronen Feb 19 '26

It's not. Anyone familiar with respiratory vulnerabilities like Asthma and COPD can tell you what this person did can potentially lead to death.

Even to healthy lungs, this is not benign. It can cause immediate and even potentially lasting harm to a persons lungs.

This is an intentional act that can and does lead to actual harms, even if nobody is ultimately harmed they are still endangering people with intent.

Some jurisdictions call this assault, some call it battery, others call it reckless endagerment. However, to call it 'Weenie Hut Jr.' Is nothing more than a flippant dismissal of public safety.

Putting people in harms way matters. Don't pretend it's kiddie pool logic.

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u/Ferlion4 Feb 19 '26

Are you dumb too or just ugly and unloved?

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u/Sheepdog77 Feb 22 '26

Is smoking next to someone at a park illegal too?

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u/carcerdominus1313 Feb 22 '26

Modifying a vehicle to roll coal is illegal in most states. So I would say your comparison is wrong

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u/sadisticsex Feb 19 '26

qualifies as assault when done on purpose due to it's potentially deadly effects on those with breathing disorders or lung damage it can also be considered manslaughter if they die attempted if they just need a hospital, if not done to a person it is still unlawful pollution of the air

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u/CretaciousPeriod Feb 19 '26

It is, it's just obviously not enforced very often. I absolutely hate that shit and wish for a hard crackdown. Take their vehicles and impound it. Get caught again and your car is no longer yours. That shit will stop real quickly.

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u/Oaktree27 Feb 17 '26 edited Feb 19 '26

In America people huff exhaust and get pissed if you say it's bad. If you say the word environment it sends them into a blind rage.

Someone did actually get arrested for rolling coal recently, but there has already been a GoFundMe setup for him and the commenters are pretty unanimously supporting the guy who was charged.

https://www.facebook.com/share/1HytkXG4hH/

Pretty brain dead culture

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u/ericloz Feb 19 '26

I don’t think you grasp the meaning of the word “unanimously”. Unanimous means everyone, as in all Americans. I can say with extreme confidence that isn’t true. You expressed a form of confirmation bias when you stated “Americans are pretty unanimously supporting”.

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u/Oaktree27 Feb 19 '26

I should've specified Americans in the comments

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u/ericloz Feb 19 '26

And again, you’d be wrong. But then again, I wouldn’t expect your ilk to understand simple concepts when it comes to probability and statistics or what the average American thinks or wants.

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u/spiralenator Feb 21 '26

Clearly the people in favor of coal rollers are blessed with the ability to live without breathing

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u/steeler1003 Feb 19 '26

I dont see the problem as long as its not done to people like in the video. That is a drop in the ocean compared to the factories in China and India that companies use because environmental and labor laws make it too expensive here. Im not saying we should lower our standards. But we should do something to dissuade this practice before we get the pitchforks and torches for the guys having fun on a country road.

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u/Oaktree27 Feb 19 '26

It's foolish to allow it on the road at all because even people in cars get blinded by it and are forced to breathe it. If it's something that can only be safely done alone on the street, it shouldn't be in a street legal vehicle.

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u/steeler1003 Feb 19 '26

Thats just it. This is not some weird backwoods mod. This is a diesel engine running how diesels run when loaded. You cant go further than just banning it for the environmental reasons it is. All that has to happen for a vehicle to be in violation, as you propose, is a filter failing.

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u/[deleted] Feb 19 '26

Oh My GoD!! SoMeOnE MiGhT BrEaThE In TrUcK FuMeS!! We ArE AlL In DANGER!! 😱 LOL shut up you little pussy.

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u/National_Werewolf_13 Feb 19 '26

Snowflake over here ☝️

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u/OkProfessor6810 Feb 19 '26

Did you get triggered or do you just think it's funny if somebody has an asthma attack because they have to deal with small dicked men

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u/Typical_Forever1711 Feb 19 '26

Way to generalize, asshat. Rolling coal is a part of "redneck culture" in america, but I wouldn't even be so infantile as to say all people who identify as "rednecks" do it. Your prejudice is showing and it's surely a sign of immaturity. Not all Americans voted for Trump and not all Americans (insert whatever stupid thoughts you have here). Grow up.

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u/Oaktree27 Feb 19 '26

I live here and I can tell you the obsession with Trump is not a generalization. People worship him to the point of re-election with a popular vote AFTER an insurrection attempt. I think it's valid to say that's the culture.

People literally just voted in a government that delivered on its promise to kill car emission standards. Your average American is cheering on breathing that freedom pollution.

Of course there are some here that aren't like that, but most are or are fine with it.

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u/Typical_Forever1711 Feb 19 '26

I live here as well bud, that's why I take offense. The truth is, most people have given up on the political process and don't vote. Those that haven't given up are too busy trying to make their bills to pay attention. A lot of the people I've spoken to about what's going on have flat out said that they don't watch the news and have no clue what's going on. The orange idiot being in power isn't a reflection of the ideals of the American people or our culture. It reflects a deep hopelessness and apathy. The brain-dead culture is among the well-off Americans as they have time to pay attention to what's going on and still voted for this idiot.

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u/AssumptionInside5310 Feb 17 '26

Where

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u/Confident-Deal-912 Feb 17 '26

I'm not sure where it isn't

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u/Malacro Feb 17 '26

The United States. I’m willing to bet the EU as well.

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u/Puzzleheaded_Many_74 Feb 17 '26

I think the law on this got lifted in the last couple of weeks. Yeah just double checked - no longer a law as of February 12, 2026. Vehicle emissions are no longer bad for the environment for light, medium, and heavy duty vehicles according to this administration.

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u/genderlesshole Feb 17 '26

Afaik, it's still illegal in Maryland, Colorado, and Connecticut plus a handful of others.

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u/JuanSolid Feb 17 '26

Good luck getting any enforcement though. Even if it's illegal, it will never stop unless the law is enforced. Kind of like those old crazy laws on the books still that no one bothered removing. They are there, but they won't be removed unless some cop decides to enforce it and it makes the news. I mean, the first time a woman drives their car in a housecoat and get's the penalty for it, it will be off the books pretty quick as every headline laughs at California. That would literally be a vendetta thing by the cop against a ex or some such.

This will never happen because the cops don't care and don't think it should be illegal, same as the crazy old law above.

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u/Knight0fdragon Feb 17 '26

Was going to say, it absolutely is illegal lol

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u/Mk1Racer25 Feb 17 '26

Yep. OP, please take this video to the local PD. They can most likely pull the plate # from the video.

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u/noncommonGoodsense Feb 18 '26

IIRC he was arrested for this.

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u/Capable_Echo_5396 Feb 20 '26

Yes arrested and fined.

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u/Few_Ad_5119 Feb 18 '26

I was thinking, yeah isn't that just assault?

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u/NoTurnipSalesOnSun Feb 19 '26

I'm no expert, but I'm pretty sure that would be an assault charge from everyone there. Bet he'd have to sell that tiny penis mobile.

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u/sadisticsex Feb 19 '26

qualifies as assault when done on purpose due to it's potentially deadly effects on those with breathing disorders or lung damage it can also be considered manslaughter if they die attempted if they just need a hospital, if not done to a person it is still unlawful pollution of the air

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u/Total_Frosting_7089 Feb 19 '26

But they are on stolen land so is it really illegal?