Having been coal rolled before and pretty much every cyclist riding in rural areas I know has been too, this is great news from TruckYeah. New Jersey just explicitly banned rolling coal. If this hasn’t happened to you on a ride, that’s when diesel owners modify engines/exhaust systems to spew soot and smoke onto cyclists, motorcycles, Prius owners, women, cops or anyone that doesn’t drive a big-ass truck like they do.
Around here we call it getting dusted.
Maybe they do it to other trucks too, like a diesel-powered, smokestack love in? Don’t know, but it’s already banned by the EPA. Not one for more laws on the books, but yes this practice should be explicitly banned everywhere. This being ‘merica of course, truck owners defend the rights and free speech of a few of them to roll coal.
Here’s what it looks like.
PRO Tip: if a big truck rolls up next to you, stop pedaling, and cause a premature or coal roll misfire…. Groups I’ve been with have done that too. Nothing pissed a coal roller off more than seeing that soot just float away.
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