Reddit subscriber A satisfying story about someone who tried to “roll the coals” on them.
This practice illegal Because they use exhaust pipe control devices to emit large amounts of toxic diesel fumes, which can endanger people’s health and obscure their vision. This is often done to pedestrians, cyclists and electric car drivers, perhaps to make them aware that the coal roller does not approve of their healthy life choices.
“I suspected he might do it, so I was ready when the light turned green,” the poster wrote in November. “It started off normally and then covered the ground in a huge cloud of black smoke. It can’t compare to the HI5’s acceleration though!!”
“My kids were laughing at the acceleration (they like ‘Go fast!’),” the OP continued. “And the black cloud was just there in the rearview mirror. Love this car! I can’t believe people are actually trying to use coal in electric vehicles. “It’s amazing what must be going through their minds.”
To prevent modification of diesel vehicles Charcoal rollIn September, the Justice Department sued eBay for facilitating the sale of 343,000 aftermarket hack devices that bypass vehicle emissions controls in violation of federal law. Clean Air Act. It could result in $2 billion in fines.
The health effects of diesel exhaust are manifold, but so can rolling coal Very dangerous For victims as well as perpetrators. In 2021, a teenager from Texas It collided with six cyclists While rolling coal, a Redditor shared a video of a coal roller crashing head-on into a highway barrier.
Pollutant plumes include microplastics, nitrogen oxides, arsenic, benzene, formaldehyde, and nickel, which can contribute to cell mutations that lead to cancer. according to California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment. More immediate problems include eye, nose, throat, and lung irritation, cough, headache, dizziness, and nausea.
People with allergies and respiratory diseases are also more susceptible to these problems when exposed to diesel exhaust. Children and the elderly are also particularly sensitive to fine particle pollution.
“Ah, never thought this would happen to me now that I have an electric car,” one user said books. “Of course, as a cyclist, over many years I have encountered all sorts of weird adult (men) kids, from rolling coal to incoherent screaming in a women’s cycling group because we take advantage of their deep insecurities. I can’t wait to anticipate this and leave them in the dust .
last He said“I thought it would be cool to have a system where you could blow bubbles out of the back of the car in retaliation.”
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