EDITOR'S NOTE
WRITE YOUR SENATORS
YOU MIGHT LOSE YOU’RE AUTOMOTIVE WAY OF LIFE IF YOU DON’T
BY ADAM BLATTENBERG
DIESEL WORLD MAGAZINE
A few years ago I wrote my column here, about the RPM Act. Very quickly, it has to do with how laws are written and how they can be interpreted with a very possible end result being, no more modified vehicles, period. The RPM Act is trying to stop that from happening.
There are several laws on the federal books that state no emissions modifications are legal, this of course we know. No matter what your local laws are, if you modify the emissions equipment on your vehicle, you’re in violation of federal law. Period. Even if you’re making it better, the law still says you’re in the wrong. Now there are exemption orders (EO) you can obtain as a manufacturer, but, and I’ll touch on this later, depending on how you interpret the laws, that too could be argued as illegal, even though the federal government is handing them out.