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  • While illegal, some drivers flaunt their ability to pollute, via the behavior known as “rolling coal,” in which drivers of modified diesel trucks blow black smoke at targets of their disapproval (often Prius drivers or bicyclists).

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  • aka rollin' coal running a diesel engine so it blows black smoke out the exhaust pipes, resembling the notion of old coal fired steam engines.

    Typically done to be annoying to other road users.

    July 21, 2014