Rolling coal is the practice of modifying a diesel engine to increase the amount of fuel entering the engine to release large amounts of black soot or gray smoke into the air. This may also include deletion of deliberate particulate filters. Practitioners often also modify their vehicles by installing smoke switches and smoke piles. Modifications to vehicles to enable rolling coal may cost from $ 200 to $ 5,000.
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Rolling coal is a striking form of air pollution, for entertainment or for protest. Some drivers deliberately trigger rolling coal in the presence of hybrid vehicles (when nicknamed "Prius repellent") to mock their drivers, who are perceived as being environmentally motivated in their vehicle choices. Drilling coal can also be directed to foreign cars, cyclists, protesters, and pedestrians. Practitioners cited "American freedom" and "resistance to rampant environmentalism" as an excuse for coal rolling.
The health risks associated with revolving coal include respiratory problems. The American Cancer Society has linked exposure to diesel exhaust with lung cancer. More actionable concerns are a violation of road traffic safety, as black smoke can damage visibility, harm motor vehicle accidents. and clean air law violations.
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Legality
United States
In July 2014, the US Environmental Protection Agency declared that the practice was illegal, in violation of the Clean Air Act prohibiting the manufacture, sale and installation of "passage for motor vehicles passing, losing, or not operating at all. [and] prohibit anyone from damaging emissions control devices on motor vehicles by disposing of them or making them unable to operate before or after sales or shipments to buyers. "In March 2015, Illinois General Assembly representative Will Guzzardi issued a bill proposing to impose a fine of $ 5,000 on anyone who removes or alters their vehicle emissions EPA equipment. Guzzardi has asserted that "The fine will come on top of all penalties enforced by current legislation prohibiting emission damage."
In May 2015, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie signed the bill into law prohibiting the retrofit of diesel-powered vehicles to increase particulate emissions for coal removal purposes. Those found violated are subject to fines by the State Department for Environmental Protection. The bill was introduced by state lawmaker Tim Eustace after a pickup truck blew up smoke at Eustace's Nissan Leaf while driving on the New Jersey Turnpike. In Colorado and Maryland, the proposed ban failed in 2016 but was ratified in 2017.
Everywhere else in the world
The practice of rolling coal has not quite spread to justify laws outside the United States.
See also
- Phantom vehicle, the vehicle causing an accident without contact then goes away
- Wet buildup, a term for when a diesel engine removes unburned fuel, either accidentally or as part of a rolling coal
References
External links
- "Diesel Technology Forum Statement on" Rolling Coal "". Diesel Technology Forum . July 17, 2014. A statement from the diesel industry criticized the practice.
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