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Giant Banana Pulled Over in Montana: Driver Says Cops Have Stopped Him 100s Of Times (cowboystatedaily.com)

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For 15 years, Steve Braithwaite has driven a 23-foot banana across the country and, on Wednesday, just like hundreds of times before, he was pulled over…

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[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

yeah, the expensive part is the dmv safety inspection and the "you built this yourself?" insurance (from what i've gathered talking with the kit car community in california). it's not actually hard to pass or get, you just have to pay a lot for the process.