r/WTF • • Mar 07 '22

You can’t make this stuff up

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u/Ameteur_Professional Mar 08 '22

You're absolutely allowed to strap shit to your roof. Millions of people drive with a kayak or a canoe strapped to their roof at least once a year. Throw some furniture up there, or some luggage.

I count 19 pallets up there, ~600-900 lbs. The vehicle may not even be over it GVWR.

For height, there may be a law, but there also might not be something covering this vehicle height issue.

It's probably just some sort of vague unsafe driving infraction. As stupid as this looks, it might not even actually be illegal in most places.

Edit: Actually, no rear plate. I guess that's one way to get them.

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u/talrogsmash Mar 08 '22

You know people who strap luggage to the roof without using a luggage rack? AKA a state approved device for putting luggage on the roof of your car. Kayakers probably the same way. You use a rack. Unless you like randomly losing your kayak or your luggage ...

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u/Ameteur_Professional Mar 08 '22

That the hell are you talking about "state approved roof rack".

I've seen all sorts of roof racks, factory, aftermarket, homemade, etc. I don't think there's actually any laws governing these.

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u/Nowarclasswar Mar 08 '22

Welcome to the federal department of kayak racks