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.
This wasn’t just like installing a straight pipe and bypassing emissions regulations, this was a vendor who applied for a license to sell these parts and then just didn’t wait for approval to sell the parts multiple times.
So he sold parts he wasn’t allowed to sell without a license, that he didn’t have. This outcome shouldn’t be shocking to anyone. All he had to do was wait for the license like anyone else who applied.
It’s shocking to us Americans in that we’re seeing regulations being enforced as intended.
And in particular, this product is a vanity computerized exhaust that almost certainly has at least one setting that violates Singapore’s new noise restrictions, and possibly the emissions standards.
While even 6 days of actual jail for three motorcycles (and maybe that’s all they could prove?) hits me as a little harsh, it also seems like the sort of thing Singaporeans have always dealt with for offenses that affect the QoL for other people. Not saying it was “justice” per se, but this is not the hill to die on, and it seems this guy fucked around and then found out.
You need a license to sell parts?
Yes, because the parts might violate emissions or noise laws
And? Multiple items can violate regulations yet you don’t need a license to sell them.
You do in Singapore.
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.
(… must not yo mamma joke …)
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According to the article he needed a license to sell modified exhausts, yes. So the fine and jail time were for that.
According to the article he needed a license to sell modified exhausts,
Thanks. That’s daft though.
Good! No one wants to hear that obnoxious loud shit.
Tell that to my 100% factory 1980 Honda XR500 that’s significantly louder than the uncorked aftermarket exhaust on my 49cc scooter.
I’m an avid motorcycle rider. I have 5 bikes in my garage. Guess what? All of them have stock pipes except for one, which I bought with the aftermarket pipe already on it lol. I like the sound of my motorcycles exhausts, their already louder than cars from the factory. A lot of people don’t realize all these incredibly loud blast pipes so only that- noise no performance. I have a 21 v7 that I gutted the cats out of for performance, but left the stock baffles on it and it hardly made a noise difference yet I got a noticable gain. Had I bought straight pipes it would be no quicker. And before somebody says loud pipes save lives LOL NO they don’t. Cars won’t hear you till you pass them. Most people hearing ur exhaust are sitting in their house while u drive by. The exhaust points out behind your bike, so no the car in front of you isn’t going to see you because you straight piped ur harley
Amazing. I wonder if we will ever see this is less civilized countries.
I really hate reading about poor people getting jail for shit like this while almost everyone running America is a felon right now.
And throw away the key
