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Show Car Modification Against Law Says Safety Council Utah car owners are again reminded that any modification to the outward appearance of the automobile may be illegal, Leo H. Barlow, Utah Safety Council's Vice President for Traffic said today. "The 1971 Legislature," Barlow Bar-low reported, "enacted a Vehicle Ve-hicle Modification Law. This law, which has an effective date of May 11, 1971, makes it unlawful for any person to operate a motor vehicle on any highway or road within the State when the vehicle has been altered or changed to cause the lowest part of the body or chas-is chas-is to be closer to the ground, or to increase or decrease the distance between the ground and the lowest part of any bumper bum-per or other similar impact-, absorbing equipment, than it was at the time it was manufactured. manu-factured. "This new law," Barlow continued, con-tinued, "is aimed at prohibiting prohibit-ing any vehicle from being modified in the future, but also al-so affects those car owners who have made modification prior to enactment of this law. They" he pointed out, "will be required requir-ed to bring their vehicle back to the level at the time of manufacture." Engineers designed today's automobile to be handled in the manner in which it came off the assembly line, and any changes could affect its operation oper-ation to the point where accidents acci-dents could result. The provisions of the new law does not apply to implements imple-ments of husbandry (farm equipment), farm tractors, road machinery and road rollers. roll-ers. Any person operating a vehicle ve-hicle which has been raised or lowered faces legal action. |