Smoke in your face

Filipinos are fond of buying scooters.

Scooters are cheap, easy to maintain, and can get you around even in the heaviest of vehicle traffic.

Scooters first came out with their original "kit" design.

Improvements came through paint colors and paint styles. Then came the stickers and logos and artworks on the motorbikes.

After that, flashy lights were introduced. Lights of different colors and intensities "create" and "image" for the bike.

And then there came sound systems. Boom boxes on wheels playing gangsta and punk via a portable CD player.

To further pimp their ride, custom hoods, seats, and tail pipes came.

There are tailpipes that are as big as those of big bikes. And there are those that are designed to make sound like a high speed Ferrari.

And last, but not the least, tailpipes that are angled upward so that the blast of its exhaust slaps you in the face. And this is annoying.

Why does the Land Transportation Franchising Board (LTFRB) not take notice of this? Can't anyone provide high angle and low angle limits for the tailpipe's tilt?

When scooters blast exhaust of my face, I really get irritated. How I wish I can break that tailpipe into two to teach the rider a lesson about being considerate.