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Quoted: I understand there was nothing on the books that specifically addressed squatted/lifted trucks like this. What's confusing me is that I assume there are existing laws that address poor visibility out of a motor vehicle, and laws that address bumpers being raised to high, and unsafe alterations to vehicles, etc. I don't have a problem with going after unsafe vehicles. I am just wondering why new/more laws are being passed, when it seems very likely that existing laws on the books could presumably address all of the safety issues. But, perhaps this makes more sense. I dunno. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Are there not existing laws on the books related to safety? There was nothing on the books that prevented someone squatting a truck until now. SC isn’t the first state to do it. I believe NC and VA both did it within the last couple years. The squatted truck thing is a legit safety hazard. I saw accidents all the time around town from these guys I understand there was nothing on the books that specifically addressed squatted/lifted trucks like this. What's confusing me is that I assume there are existing laws that address poor visibility out of a motor vehicle, and laws that address bumpers being raised to high, and unsafe alterations to vehicles, etc. I don't have a problem with going after unsafe vehicles. I am just wondering why new/more laws are being passed, when it seems very likely that existing laws on the books could presumably address all of the safety issues. But, perhaps this makes more sense. I dunno. Most of what you are talking about are restrictions placed on the manufacturer and sale of a highway vehicle. The rest would only get caught in the yearly inspection if they were stupid enough to not modify the truck back to sanity before the inspection. |
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Bet they don't apply it to the Mexican roofing crew that has the bed of their truck overloaded by 2,000lbs...
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Quoted: Most of what you are talking about are restrictions placed on the manufacturer and sale of a highway vehicle. The rest would only get caught in the yearly inspection if they were stupid enough to not modify the truck back to sanity before the inspection. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Are there not existing laws on the books related to safety? There was nothing on the books that prevented someone squatting a truck until now. SC isn't the first state to do it. I believe NC and VA both did it within the last couple years. The squatted truck thing is a legit safety hazard. I saw accidents all the time around town from these guys I understand there was nothing on the books that specifically addressed squatted/lifted trucks like this. What's confusing me is that I assume there are existing laws that address poor visibility out of a motor vehicle, and laws that address bumpers being raised to high, and unsafe alterations to vehicles, etc. I don't have a problem with going after unsafe vehicles. I am just wondering why new/more laws are being passed, when it seems very likely that existing laws on the books could presumably address all of the safety issues. But, perhaps this makes more sense. I dunno. Most of what you are talking about are restrictions placed on the manufacturer and sale of a highway vehicle. The rest would only get caught in the yearly inspection if they were stupid enough to not modify the truck back to sanity before the inspection. |
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My favorite thing about squat trucks:
Guy runs himself over with squatted truck |
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Quoted: Good! Now if only Texas would do something about this shit https://hagerty-media-prod.imgix.net/2021/11/Houston-Slabs-Hagerty-06132021-62.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&ixlib=php-3.3.0 View Quote thats_racist.jpg |
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View Quote I’ve never not laughed at that one. |
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I have never met a single person who thought the squat was anything but peak douchebaggery.
I’m trying to figure out to whom this actually appeals…. |
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Quoted: While I agree with this, it’s the assholes who do this to their trucks and then add million giggawatt bright LED headlights. Those fuckers are aimed directly at passing motorist’s eyes. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: First they came for the trucks i dont like I think its a dumb trend too but we live in a free country and need less dumb laws While I agree with this, it’s the assholes who do this to their trucks and then add million giggawatt bright LED headlights. Those fuckers are aimed directly at passing motorist’s eyes. This is precisely what pisses me off. Those ignorant fuckers can look like cum guzzlers all day long and I couldn't care less, but when they blind me because of their faggotry, then I get pissed. |
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Quoted: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/1715/butwhy-567616.gif I am so glad to hear that police in South Carolina have solved all of the serious and important crimes, and can now focus on idiotic bullshit like this. Is it a safety issue? Aren't there already safety laws on the books that would allow them to go after unsafe vehicles? If it's not a safety issue, then WTF is the basis for it? View Quote Did SC LE enact the law? Not did they support it. |
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Quoted: Now do old people cars! https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/158069/827268d10d5a4acedf8260dc9b9fad00_jpg-3026497.JPG View Quote |
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Stupid as fuck.
Not worth getting LE involved. Just like bump stocks.... |
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i mean, it's gay as three dudes sharing a tub, but law against? If someone wants to look like a moron homo, why not let them?
I don't get having a law banning it. |
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Quoted: i mean, it's gay as three dudes sharing a tub, but law against? If someone wants to look like a moron homo, why not let them? I don't get having a law banning it. View Quote The law isn't because they look like morons, the law is because it's dangerous to others. I don't give a shit if some idiot redneck kids looks stupid, I do give a shit if he hits my wife and kids because he can't see over the hood of his dumbass truck. |
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Do we need to discuss how when you operate a vehicle on Public roads then yes it is reasonable to pass laws and regulations to ensure their safe use as intended.
If you think this law is dumb. Then how come I can’t decide to use a highway as my own personal shooting range? Or shut it down in protest! You are still welcome to squat your truck on your own private property. |
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For all the mUh fReEdUm crew those POS trucks are unsafe as fuck.
You cannot see the first 100' in front of you. |
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Quoted: Most of what you are talking about are restrictions placed on the manufacturer and sale of a highway vehicle. The rest would only get caught in the yearly inspection if they were stupid enough to not modify the truck back to sanity before the inspection. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Are there not existing laws on the books related to safety? There was nothing on the books that prevented someone squatting a truck until now. SC isn't the first state to do it. I believe NC and VA both did it within the last couple years. The squatted truck thing is a legit safety hazard. I saw accidents all the time around town from these guys I understand there was nothing on the books that specifically addressed squatted/lifted trucks like this. What's confusing me is that I assume there are existing laws that address poor visibility out of a motor vehicle, and laws that address bumpers being raised to high, and unsafe alterations to vehicles, etc. I don't have a problem with going after unsafe vehicles. I am just wondering why new/more laws are being passed, when it seems very likely that existing laws on the books could presumably address all of the safety issues. But, perhaps this makes more sense. I dunno. Most of what you are talking about are restrictions placed on the manufacturer and sale of a highway vehicle. The rest would only get caught in the yearly inspection if they were stupid enough to not modify the truck back to sanity before the inspection. |
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Quoted: Living in the upstate I have only saw one or two of those. Must be a thing somewhere else in the state. View Quote I see them occasionally in the Columbia area but I think they are more common along the coast... Myrtle Beach and Charleston. I honestly don't know which looks stupider... squated trucks or the people still driving around wearing a surgical mask. |
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Quoted: Good! Now if only Texas would do something about this shit https://hagerty-media-prod.imgix.net/2021/11/Houston-Slabs-Hagerty-06132021-62.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&ixlib=php-3.3.0 View Quote If they make the overall width of the passenger vehicle exceed 8 feet, they are technically illegal under current laws, apparently. Enforcement is likely left up to officer judgement. |
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Quoted: I've never had a yearly inspection in my entirety of driving, and have lived in multiple states. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Are there not existing laws on the books related to safety? There was nothing on the books that prevented someone squatting a truck until now. SC isn't the first state to do it. I believe NC and VA both did it within the last couple years. The squatted truck thing is a legit safety hazard. I saw accidents all the time around town from these guys I understand there was nothing on the books that specifically addressed squatted/lifted trucks like this. What's confusing me is that I assume there are existing laws that address poor visibility out of a motor vehicle, and laws that address bumpers being raised to high, and unsafe alterations to vehicles, etc. I don't have a problem with going after unsafe vehicles. I am just wondering why new/more laws are being passed, when it seems very likely that existing laws on the books could presumably address all of the safety issues. But, perhaps this makes more sense. I dunno. Most of what you are talking about are restrictions placed on the manufacturer and sale of a highway vehicle. The rest would only get caught in the yearly inspection if they were stupid enough to not modify the truck back to sanity before the inspection. We don’t even have that faggotry in IL and the.gov of IL loves faggotry. |
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Quoted: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/1715/butwhy-567616.gif I am so glad to hear that police in South Carolina have solved all of the serious and important crimes, and can now focus on idiotic bullshit like this. Is it a safety issue? Aren't there already safety laws on the books that would allow them to go after unsafe vehicles? If it's not a safety issue, then WTF is the basis for it? View Quote It was not a defined safety issue. It now has a definition. Like having an obstructed windshield is a defined safety issue. Having mis-adjusted headlights is a defined safety issue. This was not a defined safety issue and thus, needed a definition added to it. (Note this is not me saying more laws is right or wrong, simply that they added further definitions to what is unsafe.) |
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I've seen some that just look stupid. I've seen some that are flat out beyond unsafe and should not be driven on public roads.
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Quoted: I think it looks stupid as hell but this nanny state shit is tiresome. View Quote Quoted: Yay more overreach. View Quote Quoted: Drive somewhere else if you're scared. View Quote Bunch of flat brim coal rollers in here. If you can pull it off while not blinding everyone on the road I agree with you. But do you think the assholes care? |
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I didn't know you could make a truck look like it's getting fucked by its uncle, but, by God, you Carolina boys managed to pull it off.
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Yay more overreach. As others have said, unsafe for others on the road. Don't see the overreach on this one. Drive somewhere else if you're scared. You got truck nuts hanging on yours don’t you??? |
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Quoted: It’s unsafe. The driver can’t see and in an accident the front of the truck is often over the body of the other vehicles. They then smash the other car above the safety features like bumpers, reenforcing in doors and airbags deployment sensors. View Quote Maybe, but I've never seen one involved in an accident around here. |
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On the one hand, I hate governmental regulation.
On the other this trend is criminally retarded. I’m torn. |
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Freedom is scary. South Carolina has a lot of freedoms and a lot of retarded laws...and also a lot of retarded flat brim kids and a lot of retarded Yankees that "did it different back home".
There's no where left to go for freedom. |
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Quoted: Their daddy pays the insurance and tags on said truck. They will care. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: People that drive this shit probably aren't going to pay the fine or give two shits about driving on a suspending license. Their daddy pays the insurance and tags on said truck. They will care. I'd be surprised if they had enough insurance to even cover the damage to someone else's vehicle if it was only a fender bender. |
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Quoted: I don’t disagree with this. I lived in SC for years and got really tired of this bullshit. All the time I’d see these dudes in accidents or running over shit because they can’t see what’s in front of them. It’s definitely a road hazard not to mention how stupid and pointless it is. View Quote I fail to see the difference between a 4" lift all the way around and a 4" lift in just the front, other than one is indicative of the "right" kind of "culture" and the other is the "wrong" kind. |
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Now do the wankers from Nebraska down to Texas
crabbing down the road at 95 mph with their wheels offset eight inches beyond their bodywork |
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Quoted: It’s unsafe. The driver can’t see and in an accident the front of the truck is often over the body of the other vehicles. They then smash the other car above the safety features like bumpers, reenforcing in doors and airbags deployment sensors. View Quote So tell me how that's different than a 4" lift over 35" tires, especially with a hobbit behind the wheel?? |
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