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By Esther Ng
SINGAPORE - Car enthusiasts are making a lot of noise.
That's after the authorities started hunting down those who had illegal modifications done to their cars.
The number of motorists caught for such modifications jumped from an average of 146 cases per month in 2008 to 611 per month last year.
This shot up to 920 per month between January and July this year.
A Land Transport Authority (LTA) spokesman said it had received many complaints from the public and had stepped up its enforcement - hence the spike in cases.
The public wanted the authorities to come down harder on illegal modification by imposing heftier penalties.
Just before a sitting of Parliament on Oct 15, Nee Soon GRC MP Lee Bee Wah told The Straits Times that she had received complaints from residents along YishunAvenue 1 about vehicle noise.
"They always complain that at midnight or early in the morning, there are a lot of cars or motorbikes racing. These vehicles come from Lower Seletar Reservoir to the HDB area," she said.
When car modification goes too far
Click on thumbnail to view. (Photos: Stomp) |
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Outrageous Japanese cars with a shady history
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(Photos: Pinktentacle.com) |
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