I just recived this response from Sport Compact National regarding the message I sent them.
Thanks for this heads-up, Carl.
It does seem pretty unfair. The police say "Take it to the track," then
they punish people who do just that. A more constructive way to go about
this is for police to take an friendly, educational stance, rather than
just hand out tickets. If they gave owners a friendly FYI, letting them
know about stuff that doesn't meet MTO regulations, and giving them a
chance to fix it, without punishing them, there would be a much more
positive feeling between enthusiasts and police. This smacks of underhanded
revenue generation, rather than honest, forthright law enforcement.
I want to follow up on this by contacting MTO or police, or both, and
seeing if they can give me a definitive list of mods that are illegal. Then
I can publish this list in an upcoming issue, so readers know what's up.
Then next time, enthusiasts could arrive at the track with everything up to
code, and wave the list in the noses of MTO and police, who would realize
we won't be victims of persecution any more. We could laugh at them as
police and MTO waste their time going over cars, trying in vain to meet
their arbitrary ticket quotas.
Phill Parker
Editor, Sport Compact National
[email protected]
It'll be nice to see it al layed out for us....
Carl