[sustran] exhaust pipes

[remonde at gsilink.com]

Dear SUSTRAN-friends,

Greetings. 

Can anybody tell me whether it makes any difference 
to redirect the location of exhaust pipes of vehicles? Cebu City's 
government is proposing an ordinance making it compulsary for owners 
and operators of trucks and other large vehicles to put the exhaust 
pipe on the left side of the vehicle. The government also wants the 
exhaust pipes to point upwards. The rationale is that if exhaust 
pipes point upwards and to the opposite side of where pedestrians and 
passengers are (they are supposedly at the right side of the road), 
people won't be so affected by the exhaust. The proposed fines for 
noncompliance are quite stiff.

Will it make any difference? Most vehicles still run on diesel or 
ordinary leaded gasoline. Smoke-belching is rampant.

Thank you!

Sincerely yours,
Marit Stinus-Remonde
4302-A Forest Hills
Banawa
Cebu City
Philippines
Tel/Fax +63 32 2546207
remonde at gsilink.com