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Show UHP gives warning amount of money and time in an effort to design and manufacture a safe Vehicle; modification . Stefeats the purpose. "Don't drive an automobile with a lowered body or chassis" is the stern warning recently issued by the Utah Highway patrol. Beginning in April a much greater effort will be made to enforce the State Motor Vehicle Law 41-6-148.30 that prohibits this vehicle modification, said a UHP announcement. an-nouncement. The Department of Public Safety indicated that thousands of dollars damage is done in the state each year by vehicles which do not comply to this law. The purpose of the law is. threefold: the bumper is a shock absorbing device and must be maintained at a uniform height to be effective;1 many of the accidents in the state are rear-end collisions, and a modified vehicle is more likely to cause a punctured punc-tured gas tank; and Automobile manufacturers manu-facturers spend a great |