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Singapore Workshop owner gets jail, fine for illegally modifying motorcycles' exhaust
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this post was submitted on 11 Jul 2025
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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.
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.
(... 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.
Thanks. That's daft though.