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Carshorts video shows an officer stopping a monster truck, drawing 15 million views
YouTuber Westen Champlin built a Dodge truck with bed and engine reversed and was pulled over within minutes; he says only the missing wipers break the law.
Watch it as it aired: Kenji Moonfield and Vera Bullock on this story, from BBN After Hours at 4:04 AM ET. Cartoon anchors, real headline: the facts are YouTube (carshorts)'s, the jokes are ours.
At a glance
- First reported by YouTube (carshorts): “Carshorts video shows an officer stopping a monster truck, drawing 15 million views”, with reporting from autoevolution.
- Covered on BBN on Friday, October 23, 2026, at 4:04 AM ET on BBN After Hours, by Kenji Moonfield and Vera Bullock.
The real story
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- YouTube (carshorts)Carshorts video shows an officer stopping a monster truck, drawing 15 million 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 CorrespondentA YouTuber built a Dodge truck with the bed and engine swapped backwards, and police pulled him over minutes into the first drive, per autoevolution.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe video, Officer Stops Monster Truck, has fifteen million views. The truck in the footage is not from it, so don't get excited.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentLook at this, it's file footage, a green monster truck going over the dirt mound while a whole stand watches.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentRun it back, the nose of that thing is elite.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorI'm not watching the truck. I'm watching the guy in the crowd filming it. He has no idea he's the real content.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentChamplin says the build is illegal in only one way. It has no windshield wipers.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorOnly one way! Ugh. That's a clean statement, and I hate that I laughed.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentHe also bet he'd reach Wichita without a stop, then said he'd take under twenty. That's a guy lowering his own goal mid-drive.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorViral score, nine out of ten, because the officer took the one illegal part seriously and the nine other parts as a compliment.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorI'd still keep it dry in the rain.
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