Bill could ban the 'Carolina Squat' in North Carolina

RALEIGH, N.C. (WPDE) — A new bill looking to ban the "Carolina Squat" has passed North Carolina's House of Representatives.

The Carolina Squat is when a truck or SUV has a raised nose and an unmodified or lowered rear, according to Autoweek.

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The new bill says, "a private passenger automobile shall not be modified or altered by elevating the automobile more than three inches from the manufacturer’s specified height in the front and lowering the automobile more than two inches from the specified height in the rear. A private passenger automobile modified or altered in violation of this subsection shall not be operated upon any highway or public vehicular area.”

A petition on change.org to make the "Carolina Squat" illegal has almost 70,000 signatures.

The petition says, "These trucks blind people with their headlights pointed to the sky and show zero care for others safety, they also pose a danger to passengers in cars by having the nose of their trucks pointed up."

If the bill passes the Senate and drivers continue to modify their trucks it could cost them a fine or their driver's license.

The full bill can be read below: