Third From Texas
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Me: Hold my beer, I'll brb...
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Big, Scary Truck
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Maybe he should call his mommy !
Not sure what this has to do with the FMTV family, but...
In Massachusetts at least, where I was an officer, a LEO with the proper training could revoke a vehicle’s inspection on the spot and request a tow for a vehicle that didn’t meet standards.
In all of my years and with all of the company I kept of patrol officers who loved motor vehicle law enforcement, I only witnessed it being done once. The vehicle was a small car that was a low rider plus had some weird modification that I had never seen before nor since. It appeared the owner had purposefully chosen to alter the caster and/or camber of the wheels so the edges of the tires hardly touched the ground. Truly the opposite of what I was taught, where your contact with the ground can also be thought of as the amount of stopping grip your brakes have on the ground to stop the vehicle and save lives.
In Massachusetts at least, where I was an officer, a LEO with the proper training could revoke a vehicle’s inspection on the spot and request a tow for a vehicle that didn’t meet standards.
In all of my years and with all of the company I kept of patrol officers who loved motor vehicle law enforcement, I only witnessed it being done once. The vehicle was a small car that was a low rider plus had some weird modification that I had never seen before nor since. It appeared the owner had purposefully chosen to alter the caster and/or camber of the wheels so the edges of the tires hardly touched the ground. Truly the opposite of what I was taught, where your contact with the ground can also be thought of as the amount of stopping grip your brakes have on the ground to stop the vehicle and save lives.
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I thought Portlandia was a pretty funny show till I spent 2 years in Portland working on a project. I then understood it was a documentary. 
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And one of the capitals of the “defund the police” movement-copy the Portland PD on their post. God I hope they went there and wrote this idiot some kind of something-anything.
As far as what does it have to do with us?-these “useful idiots” live amongst us. You think this can’t happen to our trucks……
As far as what does it have to do with us?-these “useful idiots” live amongst us. You think this can’t happen to our trucks……
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I don't see what is wrong with it .
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Exactly!
Third From Texas
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Just that if they think that *tat* is a big truck, "hold my beer" (the underlying motif there being that my truck is far larger).
Seriously though, I do get "is that thing legal to drive" all the time.
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I have some friends in Texas who would call that "average" even for a pickup. I'm sure that from the viewpoint of a 20" bicycle that thing is HUGE though.
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Awww It’s Cute
I was thinking the same thing- and I live just outside of Portland.
The OR DMV is almost a bipolar place. I registered a stage rally car (1979 RX-7 with a bridgeported 13B wearing a 48mm twin choke Weber and a 4" cat-free exhaust)- no problems, in and out in minutes. I went to register the 1088 and it was come back with a form-this and signature-that, followed by a letter several months later that the signature I obtained was not an allowed signatory (despite the person's name being ON THE LIST THE DMV PROVIDED) so I had to do it all again or my registration would be revoked.
Portlandia does hit a little too close to home...
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Some people just need to get out more lol!
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Bro, I’m behind you 100%! You need to report that truck. It is obviously way too small!!!
When you figure out who to report it to, let me know. There are a bunch of Smart Cars, Prius, other EV’s… and, we’ll, um… most things on 4 wheels that I want to report!
When you figure out who to report it to, let me know. There are a bunch of Smart Cars, Prius, other EV’s… and, we’ll, um… most things on 4 wheels that I want to report!
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They are supposed to use their "virtue signals" when reporting a big, bad, nasty, black truck. Pronoun he/him ?
Don't worry about the truck. Nobody will show up. All the police are out looking for another job.
Don't worry about the truck. Nobody will show up. All the police are out looking for another job.