Question of the Day #866

Driver Posts Video Rolling Coal on Cyclists—and Is Surprised by the Consequences

From the headline of this article at Bicycling.com.

  上記の文で、rolling coalの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "rolling coal" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎にrolling coalは掲載されていませんが、名詞のcoal rollingはあります。Coal rollingの意味は、

コール・ローリング◆自動車のディーゼルエンジンを改造して、過剰な黒煙を大気中に放出するようにすること。

Rolling coalは、この名詞の動詞です。
北米（とくにアメリカやカナダ）でこのような行為を行う人は、いわゆる環境にやさしいハイブリッドやEVに反対する人です。

Answer

According to Car Throttle:

Originally only found in truck-based motorsport, rolling coal has become a modification found in many road-going trucks in a stand against any form of eco-friendly motoring. 

 

Examples

• It's called "rolling coal," and it is indeed a thing.
• It's not new — pickup drivers of a particular type have been rolling coal for several years— but the practice has been attracting greater attention of late.
• Rolling coal is the combination of throwing a large amount of fuel into the engine’s cylinders along with the bypassing or removal of the emission control devices further downstream.
• Rolling coal wastes fuel, which means that your engine is less efficient.
• Pedestrians, cyclists, and electric vehicles have long been favored targets for drivers of monster trucks “rolling coal”—that is, intentionally spewing huge clouds of diesel exhaust at their perceived enemies in the nation’s culture war.

   

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