Squatted Trucks Banned In North Carolina
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A popular vehicle modification trend called the Carolina Squat has been banned in the state of North Carolina. Squatted trucks will be considered illegal in the state as of December 1st, 2021.
For those readers who don’t know what the Carolina Squat is, the term is used for truck and SUV owners who modify their vehicle’s suspension to include an increase in ride height in front, and a decrease in ride height in the rear. The modifications give the vehicle a substantial negative rake angle.
This style of suspension modification is also known as the Cali Lean, Dover Dip, and Tennessee Tilt.
As GM Authority covered previously, the North Carolina House of Representatives passed a bill in May seeking to make squatted trucks illegal. The bill, which is sponsored by Representatives B. Jones, Bell, Saine, and Hardister outlines that “a private passenger automobile shall not be modified or altered by elevating the automobile more than 3 inches from the manufacturer’s specified height in the front and lowering the automobile more than 2 inches from the manufacturer’s specified height in the rear. A private passenger automobile modified or altered in violation of this subsection shall not be operated upon any highway or public vehicular area.”
Now, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper has signed House Bill 692 into law. Effective December 1st, 2021, the owners of squatted vehicles will be considered in violation of state requirements, and could face penalties that include fines and a one-year driver’s license suspension.
Critics of the squatted trucks trend argue that the suspension modifications impede forward visibility, while also negatively impacting braking and handling. Further issues may include blinding other drivers with misaimed headlights, and increased danger for pedestrians.
Videos depicting squatted trucks cruising on public roads have gained greater and greater momentum in the last year or so, with the trend extending around the country. It remains to be seen how other states may react to this new ban, and how enthusiasts will react to the new law.
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It should not matter what a person is doing to there car or truck black or white all these other things going on in this world today and they worry about a truck and how it’s sitting they need to be figuring out how to get rid of this virus that’s killing people
Do yourself a favor. Shut off cnn, nbc, cbs. Believe half of what you see and none of what you hear. These jerkoffs in tv take the face diapers off as soon as the camera moves. The squat look is dumb. Sagging pants is dumb. Not a lot of white people do either.
Haven’t you heard? Squatting is at least as effective against the virus, as masks and mass experimental injections. On the other hand, looking at the condition of state workers, they’re the last ones I want telling me how to fight anything: Except how to fight for the front of the snack aisle, donut counter, bakery, buffet line and the strato-lounger. Other than that, Darwin is naturally brilliant compared to Fauci, and more merciful too.
Go take your horse dewormer
Actually vets administer human parasite meds to horses, but in larger doses than humans need. But I trust it much more than I trust anything that puppy killer from the NIH has in his medical bag, any day.
It’s spelled life
Some of you people are missing the point here It look’s stupid and dangerous with the front of the vehicle up like that it makes it hard for the driver to see bicyclists, joggers, kids playing in the street, pedestrians, dangerous road conditions and what ever else that might come up.
Aside from all the myriad of non-compliance issues, the main one that concerns the public and other drivers is the headlight issue.
Do these morons drive these things at night?
If so, I find it hard to believe there is enough adjustment in the headlights to account for the angle to be in compliance with headlight laws.
And, if you’re in front of one of these things, I guess you’ll have to endure their lights shining down on you.
Given how little the drivers can see in front of them, I don’t see them as safe to drive during the day, either.
If driving was really about safety, we would just walk.
It’s odd how, there are no compliance issues, until somebody creates a law, to force compliance. If these geniuses can figure out how to lift the fronts of their SUVs, they can probably figure out how to mount a light bar under the bumper, or on the frame to project down the road. It would be interesting to see exactly what the accident statistics are, before jumping to conclusions.
How will a light bar mounted under the bumper keep the driver from hitting whatever is in front of the squatted vehicle, or seeing it in the first place?
Mount the backup camera in the front, or put a periscope on it…and definitely don’t be taking me too seriously on this one.
I guess that 6″ suspension lift to clear 35s with room to stuff them at full articulation I had planned for my next truck would be a no-go in NC. 🙄 It’s almost a requirement here because of our cavernous potholes.
But having said that, Taildraggers are supposed to have WINGS.
If it ain’t sparkin’, it ain’t draggin…;)
I will charge you to ruin your vehicle.
In North Carolina, it’s pronounced “rurnt.” But the best jobs are free…
Now paving the way for the highly anticipated Carolina Booty face: Back-end up front-end down
All of these should be impounded and scrapped. Screw the vehicle owners.
Only if the rear bumpers aren’t dragging. If they spark, then they’re good to go.
Alo
Alot of you older crowds are pretty staunched in opinion which dwindles over in affecting your peers. One thing you have to accept is the fact, this is a display of individuality. Just as you see a pt cruiser you don’t like, dont mean they should be banned! I see old people driving Oldsmobiles and the Lincoln town cars, who ties up traffic which is a hazard, should i ban them from driving???
In regards to safety, if death is the motive -even the prevention, this should be extended to officials and government workers also, with their red light running and “wreckless driving”… Or classic cars who’s emission standards doesn’t meet today’s standards, which inhibits air quality. Point being, this is selective outrage, more people are killed from texting and driving, consider banning cellphones!
This comment section is more superficial than practicality and personal choice. Just as I hate my child listening to Billie ellish, I think i spelled it right. Inevitable choices have to be accepted
Squatted PT Cruisers, HHRs, Olds and Lincolns, should be mandated. No exceptions. Period. End of Story….
Please shut up brad you have no clue how old anyone is on this thread.
im with brad dont take these from us
In PA a squatted vehicle would never pass state inspection. Besides,how could you drive at night with the headlights shining in the trees.
It depends on what you’re hunting for.
It’s what happens when somebody steals your big block. You can’t help it. This law is clearly displacement discrimination.
Lol we found the gold teeth or wigger in the comment section
You don’t know me like that. So, don’t call me “dawg.”
How can you say it’s discrimination when most of the people driving the trucks are white.
Yall just cant let kids have some fun its always got to get us introuble everytime we find something were into yall have to take it away from us so what if yall dont like it its not your truck its our truck so if you dont like it dont look at us as long as were not doing drugs and killing people why should yall care let us be kids and have some fun you only live once and the truck game inspires us to work harder so many people in the game have inspired me marshall evans taught me work hard and youll suceed bolundy taught me be nice to others and good will come to you and brett taught me be yourself and make some noise its so much more than a truck its a lifestyle and we like it so dont take that from us were kids let us be loud and look stupid as long as were being ourself.
Have your fun on your own premises, but not on public roads, where your play can endanger the lives of others.
No motor vehicle is allowed to be driven on public roads, which is not being certified by the relevent authorities of the countries concerned to be safe. Significant changes to the construction which had been certified for a given TYPE have to be individually certified, in order to protect the safety of the public roads.
In the USA it is the NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration), a department of the “Department of Transport”, a ministry of the US government.
What is shown in the images accomanying this post is certainly not certified to be safe.
I respect you with not putting people in danger but if it can pass inspection i can drive it but theres real crimes happening in the world and yall are worried about kids trying to have some fun honestly its there truck so let us be loud and stupid and if we can drive then let us be its not the way the trucks sitting its how the person can drive let us kids be kids while we still can
» if it can pass inspection« — that’s the question, and with a big IF!
I don’t believe that any of these cars with that nonsensical modification ever was presented for individual validation.
i have 9 in the front and stock in the back and ive never crashed so ima do me whether you like it or not it aint illegal if i dont get caught
but in reality if teens dont listen to the law now there not gonna listen to that stupid law anyway
Yall just mad a kids clapped out obs gets more audience than your stock f150
Speak English please you are not around your friends here so you don’t need to act like a wigger
what really needs to be banned is them ugly ass slammed cars and trucks they the thing thats ugly not the squat.
fr man they wanna ban us because they dont wanna see us live our lives how we wanna live them
kids look up to me bc of da truck game dont take this away from us we just some redneck kid trying to have some im with @dylantoler on this
yall just mad because ya cant have one lmaoo
All I know is Honda ridgelines and squatted trucks ain’t allowed in TRUCK GANG! If you have to ask you aren’t in either!
Problem with this law is that it affects those who want to put a modest 6″ lift on their truck. And I thought California was bad.