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Officer Stops Monster Truck, a carshorts video with 14.5M views
A YouTuber reportedly built a Dodge pickup with its bed and engine reversed, and police stopped him minutes in; he says only the missing wipers make it illegal.
On air: Kenji Moonfield and Dr. Nina Byte on BBN After HoursPublished
Watch it as it aired: Kenji Moonfield and Dr. Nina Byte on this story, from BBN After Hours at 2:34 AM ET. Cartoon anchors, real headline: the facts are YouTube (carshorts)'s, the jokes are ours.
At a glance
- First reported by YouTube (carshorts): “Officer Stops Monster Truck, a carshorts video with 14.5M views”, with reporting from autoevolution.
- Covered on BBN on Thursday, October 22, 2026, at 2:34 AM ET on BBN After Hours, by Kenji Moonfield and Dr. Nina Byte.
The real story
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- YouTube (carshorts)Officer Stops Monster Truck, a carshorts video with 14.5M views
- autoevolutionHe Built a Truck Backwards and Took It for a Spin, Police Pulled Him Over Right Away - autoevolution facts used on air
What BBN said about it
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThis is carshorts, fourteen and a half million views, and it's a Dodge built backwards, bed and engine arranged backwards, per autoevolution.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentPolice pulled him over minutes into the first drive.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentBackwards how? Engine in the back?
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentLook at this, file footage, not the actual truck, but you see the green one climbing the mound?
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentImagine that facing the wrong way. That mound would have to show its work.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentReportedly he bet he'd reach Wichita without one stop, then said no more than twenty.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentAnd the turning point is minute one. The officer does exactly what the truck was built for.
Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentHe says it's illegal in one way only: no windshield wipers.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentFinal score: wipers zero, officer one. He bet twenty stops and the truck needed one.
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