[Noah930]

Dantilla, I'd have to agree with the others that there's a difference between a lowered car and a lifted truck. For the most part, a lowered car is not a threat to others. Well, let me take that back a bit. I admit that just the other day I saw a lowered Scion tC (probably done on the cheap, by cutting springs or something ghetto like that) scrape its undercarriage while going through a dip in an intersection. Car bottomed out. I suppose that is potentially dangerous, as it could cause the driver loss of control, thereby causing a crash. That's a little bit different than a Porsche owner lowering his/her car (with proper suspension modifications, so that the suspension isn't nearly as likely to bottom out) for a performance application. Either way, I can see how it's difficult to write a law (or enforce it, in our super-PC world) that distinguishes between properly lowered and improperly lowered cars. And I've definitely known of people getting tickets for lowering their vehicles (even when they, technically by the vehicle code, were legal).

On the other hand, the lifted truck owner may have an argument that that offers some sort of performance advantage in an off-road capacity. Unfortunately, they're not in that off-road capacity on the road. If anything, by and large the truck is clearly made less safe in doing so (by a significant margin). If hard core Porsche and sports car purists put a premium on non-sunroof coupes because there's less weight by deleting that sunroof mechanism up high in the chassis, what do you think lifting an entire truck 12 inches does for the center of gravity and handling/braking prowess on the pavement? And, like others have commented, I frequently see monster trucks doing 80 on the highway. That's dangerous for the occupants (though, to a certain extent, that's their own choice); but that's dangerous to the general public, as well. I've never heard of a lifted truck getting a ticket. Admittedly, I don't have friends that have 'em, nor do I hang out on 4x4 forums.

But I don't think you can make a simple apples-to-apples comparison between lowering a car and raising a truck. The killing potential of lifting a truck make that violation of the vehicle code a public safety issue.