A local pickup truck modification known as the “Carolina Squat” will soon be illegal in North Carolina. Gov. Roy Cooper signed House Bill 692, outlawing this growing trend. The Carolina Squat is when the front of a truck is raised and the rear is lowered, giving it the squatted look.

A  private passenger automobile shall not be operated upon any highway or public vehicular area without the  prior  written  approval  of  the  Commissioner.if,  by  alteration  of  the  suspension,  frame,  or chassis, the height of the front fender is 4 or more inches greater than the height of the rear fender. For the purposes of this subsection, the height of the fender shall be a vertical measurement from
and perpendicular to the ground, through the center-line of the wheel, and  to the bottom of the
fender.”
SECTION 2.  G.S. 20-17 reads as rewritten:
20-17.  Mandatory revocation of license by Division.
(a) The Division shall forthwith revoke the license of any driver upon receiving a record
of the driver’s conviction for any of the following offenses:

(17) A third or subsequent conviction of operating a private passenger automobile
with prohibited modifications on any highway or public vehicular area under
G.S. 20-135.4(d).  A  conviction  for  violating  G.S. 20-135.4(d)  is  a  third  or
subsequent  conviction  if  at  the  time  of  the  current  infraction  the  person  has
two or more previous convictions under G.S. 20-135.4 that occurred in the 12
months immediately preceding the date of the current infraction.

SECTION 3.  G.S. 20-19 reads as rewritten:
20-19.  Period of suspension or revocation; conditions of restoration.

(c2a) When a license is revoked under G.S. 20-17(a)(17), the period of revocation shall be
not less than one year

There are about to be some angry high schoolers…