SINGAPORE: A 48-year-old man was on Thursday (Jul 10) sentenced to six days’ jail and fined S$11,000 (US$8,600) for illegally modifying three motorcycles’ exhausts.
This is the first time a jail term was obtained for illegal modifications.
SINGAPORE: A 48-year-old man was on Thursday (Jul 10) sentenced to six days’ jail and fined S$11,000 (US$8,600) for illegally modifying three motorcycles’ exhausts.
This is the first time a jail term was obtained for illegal modifications.
That’s bizarre. I don’t understand why the state would interfere in such things. It should be up to the seller to ensure parts he is selling are in line with the regulations but he shouldn’t need to get a “licence” to sell motor parts.
Singapore has a population density around 7800 people per square kilometer. With that many people, many of whom ride motorcycles because its so crowded, regulating their noise and emissions output is in everyone’s interest. Singapore also does not fuck around with punishments. They have mandatory canings for some lower crimes and they execute hundreds of people a year for drug offenses.
The US does similar things. You aren’t allowed to modify the ECUs on cars to push them outside EPA standards. A truck mechanic got tagged for installing devices that let people roll coal and ended up with huge fines.
Awful
This is NOT the same thing. Nowhere you can modify car to go outside of legal standards. Parts sold should meet these standards as well and it should be a responsibility of the seller to ensure they do. This is totally different to a LICENCE to sell parts.
It’s all staute that governs modifying cars, just to different extents and by different means. Different strokes for different nations. Literal strokes in this case.