Piece of Shit Flatbed DatsunI get my truck into the shop every few months for a tune-up and oil change. If something needs fixing, it gets fixed. I keep my truck compliant with all safety and emissions requirements imposed by the state. I pay to have it inspected every two years. I have a good driving record and get a break on my liability and collision vehicle insurance. I’m a long-standing member of the Auto Club.

Clickable Image: Piece of Shit Flatbed

That’s why it galls the living shit out of me when I see a piece of shit (pre-Nissan) Datsun flatbed piled high with a tenuously-secured teetering load, making “poomp poomp poomp” noises and spouting gray smoke from the exhaust. How in the hell, I wonder, does this asshole comply with safety and emissions requirements?

There seems to be a special “exception” for non-compliant vehicles used in pursuit of a “business.” Oh, by the way, the state recently imposed additional emissions restrictions on the rest of us in order to offset the shit coming out of these “exceptional” vehicles.

It’s time to get these piles of crap off the streets.