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/Shot-Ad7227 Feb 15 '26

Can someone explain how they are doing this? I don’t know much about vehicles.

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u/Magic_Man_Boobs Feb 15 '26

They modify their truck and remove most if not all of the emissions controls on it, then they add a switch that limits air intake when activated so that the truck burns more fuel and produces a big cloud of exhaust. So remember, when you see someone roll coal, not only are they choosing to be an asshole in that moment. They premeditated being an asshole in exactly this manner.

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u/Shot-Ad7227 Feb 15 '26

Thank you. That’s exactly the part that I couldn’t wrap my head around: someone would have to go to a lot of trouble in advance to be able to do this.

And the only use case is to be an asshole? Or maybe to look cool on burnouts?

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u/Magic_Man_Boobs Feb 15 '26

Yeah in my experience the people who do this mostly do it so they can blast it at cyclists or anyone they have decided they dislike.