just reported a Coal Roller to the CA Air Resources Board..

[frylock]

was just out riding my motorcycle when someone in a lifted, late model F350 rolled coal in front of me. I had to make a wide berth around the cloud of soot that was hovering in my lane at head height. I don't think he deliberately rolled on me, as he was accelerating after sitting at a stop light. I got close enough to get a plate number, and I also noticed a window decal with a warning label and something about smog. this wasn't out in the sticks, but in a suburb approximately 10 minutes north-east of downtown San Diego. do your part and report these idiots when you see them.

http://www.arb.ca.gov/enf/complaints/smoke.htm

[hlthe2b]

1. And should you see one in Colorado, here's where you report:

https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/sites/default/files/AP_MVE_Smoking-Vehicle-Notification_0.pdf

PLEASE don't hesitate to do so.

[RKP5637]

2. Excellent! They need a hot line for reporting coal smoking assholes! n/t

[paulkienitz]

12. CA has one: 800-EXHAUST

[angstlessk]

3. k & r

Good for you

[sufrommich]

4. Morons who are inexplicably proud of being morons.nt

[Historic NY]

5. A tank of gasoline usually kills them quickly

[donco]

6. There used to be a way in my misspent youth

that you could get flames out of an exhaust pipe with a spark plug. Hhmm…wonder if that would work with a Prius.

[steve2470]

7. they can get away with it in FL if it's less than 5 seconds...

http://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2011/316.2935

(2)?No person shall operate any gasoline-powered motor vehicle, except a motorcycle, moped, scooter, or an imported nonconforming motor vehicle which has received a one-time exemption from federal emission control requirements under 40 C.F.R. 85, subpart P, on the public roads and streets of this state which emits visible emissions from the exhaust pipe for more than a continuous period of 5 seconds, and no person shall operate on the public roads or streets of this state any motor vehicle that has been tampered with in violation of this section, as determined pursuant to subsection (7).

(3)?No person shall operate on the public roads or streets of this state any diesel-powered motor vehicle which emits visible emissions from the exhaust pipe for more than a continuous period of 5 seconds, except during engine acceleration, engine lugging, or engine deceleration.

The idiots in FL probably know this.

[wryter2000]

8. Good for you!

I'll do the same if I see one of the aholes.

[WCLinolVir]

9. I saw one yesterday in RVA. Could not see his plate! Good for you!

[LoisB]

10. One Southern Californian to another: A big THANK YOU!!!

[Mustellus]

11. And the really funny part is.....

... all that black cloud is 'soot', which is UNBURNED carbon.

These yahoo's don't even know that they arn't making CO2 out of their extra fuel. The soot drops to the ground ( with the next rain maybe ) and doesn't contribute to global warming.

[paulkienitz]

13. yeah, it only contributes to lung diseases. (nt)

[angstlessk]

14. It can also obstruct the view of a motorist

and cause an accident

[dipsydoodle]

15. I thought people grew out of such antics at an early age.