New York residents on r/upstate_new_york and r/LakeGeorge looked on in horror and disgust as a truck driver was caught ‘coal rolling’ at Lake George. In a video shared by Engerer4k, a truck spewed a massive black cloud of exhaust smoke as it drove down a public road. People sitting on chairs in the grass nearby watched the scene as another man seemingly approached the truck before it sped off, leaving visible pollution in its wake. Needless to say, online users were not happy.
According to Engerer4k, there were no protests at Lake Georgia. Tourists were just enjoying their time on the beach road when the truck driver allegedly pulled up and started doing laps on the roads, blasting smoke at random people. “I know he did it on purpose. This truck, with two people in it, was slowly doing laps on beach road looking for groups of people to roll coal at,” Engerer4k explained.
OP also confirmed that the man walking out on the street in the video was indeed attempting to confront the coal roller. Unfortunately, there was little he could do after the driver drove off to continue his alleged harassment. “Imagine being in the Adirondacks, one of the largest protected parks in the country and going, ‘I’m gonna ruin someone’s day by polluting the environment,’” sighed a commenter.
Reddit Harshly Condemned the New York Truck Driver’s Actions
One Redditor suggested they knew what the truck driver’s political leaning was, based on his behavior. “Normal Republican behavior,” to which dozens upvoted in agreement. “That insecure snowfIake is gonna make a right and go spend his life savings on homoerotic Trump shirts at the DILGAFF store,” snarkily remarked a second.
“That is the kind of stuff that happens in my rural community all summer. Every road has rubber marks. One of the local rednecks must be on vacation,” suggested another.
A fourth Reddit user expressed how powerless they felt to stop truckers from coal rolling, claiming police do little to stop or arrest the drivers responsible. Whether the authorities will do something about this particular coal roller in Lake George, New York, has yet to be reported. Still, it’s clear that both locals and online users are sick of this harmful, literally toxic behavior.
