Social media is rife with the righteous indignation of motorists fuming over the Motor Vehicle Department’s allegedly unreasonable and stifling fine regime for filling government coffers and lining the pockets of officials who have vouched to legally fight what they regarded a criminal smear campaign.
WhatsApp is flush with audio clippings of motorists claiming to have been on the receiving end of the department’s alleged “fining spree”, especially on account of unauthorised alterations.
These victims claim that anything from playing loud music, alloy wheels, minor discrepancies on number plates, and display of stickers of professional organisations are being fined hefty.
A theory being touted around for the perceived sudden surge in enforcement, and which has since then achieved some traction following repeated sharing, is that an arrangement is in place, whereby enforcement…