• ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world
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    Meanwhile I’m getting pulled over multiple times for my loud exhaust because my muffler fell off and I don’t have the money to fix it.

    Then the cop pulling me over has to stop talking as a motorcycle drives by so loud he can’t even hear himself.

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      That’s because the law wasn’t made because rich assholes, but because broken exhausts, wether by design or by negligence, are a god damn nuisance.

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        And yet the people who’s cars are loud by design are largely ignored because fuck the poor.

        “Hey I see your muffler is broken”

        “Yeah I don’t have the money to fix it”

        “Well now you’ll have even less money, here’s your $150 ticket”

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            Yes yes, we’re all aware that something that inconveniences you for all of 5 seconds is worse than someone living at an income low enough to not allow them to fix a non essential part of their only source of transportation.

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            Ah, yes, in my rural area that would mean walking or biking 200+ miles per day just for work and even if I was capable of that it doesn’t solve the problem of not being able to bring my tools so I can work which weigh hundreds if not a thousand pounds.

            And there aren’t buses around here, not that it would solve the problem of getting my tools around. I’m all for saving the environment and establishing smaller, walkable cities but it doesn’t negate the need for automobiles - yet.

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      Compared to straight pipe, you would have a short pipe. Being so much closer to the engine, you’d get more noise. Even straight pipe dampens the noise a bit.

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      In Germany its usually the fast cars that get pulled over for being too loud, my exhaust pipe on my old car was completely rusted through and I drove through a police check where they pull everyone over.

      They didnt say anything regarding the exhaust.

      I replaced it before the next inspection, because I would have never passed with it rusted through.

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            Fair few states in the US don’t have inspections. (And a few that “do” are really limited and almost meaningless. Like Ohio.)

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            Many states in the US don’t have an inspection. I live in one of those states. I once observed someone driving down a highway with four donut spares on their car.

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              Fair play. I live in Oregon where there are regularly required inspections and emissions testing.

              Though granted, in rural counties pretty much anything goes.

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            Here’s in Wisconsin there isn’t one

            Edit: actually I think Milwaukee has some sort of inspection because they don’t want shit in the great lakes but where i am in Wisconsin, no inspection

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              Ah, I guess that makes sense. Here in Oregon, unless you live in a rural county, we have regular DEQ inspections and emissions testing.

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        Probably they seen rusted car and understood that it’s not your initention to be loud.

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        If the road can’t handle you at your worst then it doesn’t deserve you at your best.

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        Yes you’re right fuck poor people how dare they have bills to pay.

        Oh and btw my muffler only broke because I was delivering pizzas on shitty side streets. So maybe the problem is cities should maybe fix their roads?

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          Well. Here poor people need to have legal cars. Not my fault you built your society around vehicles.

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                    It became this way. Comments got shorter and more aggressive. More edgy memes, more porn, etc.

                    At this point, I think it’s a downward spiral where people are inflaming each other, like what happened on Reddit.

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                  Honestly, they are right. Sucks to suck, but if your breaks were failing, or your tires were bald / showing wire, you shouldn’t drive the car untill you fix it. Even if you don’t have the money to do so. You endanger the people around you

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                    While I do absolutely understand your point (and agree with you) that’s not always going to happen. Some people can’t afford to miss work for example, or would get fired for calling out/being late for the tire. I don’t necessarily blame those particular people as the deeper problem is a society in which we we’re living week to week to get buy and risk losing much if not all if even a portion of that weekly pay doesn’t come in.

                    Also blame employers that pay diddly and are so quick to fire people. They place profit over human life and that’s no better.

                    I wouldn’t drive with issues like that, but then again 1: I know cars and work on my own stuff and 2: I can afford to miss a day of work every now and then.

                    So while I agree and don’t support people driving cars with dangerous issues, I also understand that some people are so desperate that it’s not really an option, also a mechanic isn’t cheap and people don’t much help others nowadays.

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                I agree with you, but can you make a point without extra insults?

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                  Let’s see… Train. Bus. Bike. Powered wheelchair. Number eleven.

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          Oh and btw my muffler only broke because I was delivering pizzas on shitty side streets.

          Is car owned by you or by company? If first, bill your delivery company. If last, it’s company’s headache.

          EDIT: Downvotes? FYI in some countries with strong labour laws if employer requires something and does not provide it, then if employee spends money on it, said money should be compensated by employer.

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        You are ether European or 10 years old you need a car to get the money to live and keep it road legal

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          Nah I’m married, father, living good and not a complete moron. Fix your vehicle. USA is crazy I tell you