A 'kiss' too costly? Why defacing your car may land you in trouble
Indian authorities are cracking down on excessive vehicle modifications, including stickers and body wraps, citing traffic safety and legal regulations. The report highlights that unauthorized changes to a vehicle's structure or appearance can lead to fines and legal penalties.
Why it matters
It clarifies the legal boundaries of vehicle personalization and warns drivers about the consequences of non-compliant modifications.
A splash of lipstick or a bold vinyl sticker might seem like a harmless way to make your ride stand out. But when does personalising a car cross the line into a traffic violation? In Gwalior, 3,400 lipstick marks on a car landed its driver a 5,500 challan, turning an unusual makeover into a traffic-rule headache and highlighting the legal risks of vehicle customisation.My car, my rules? Delhi no stranger to this fictionA search of Delhi-based car-sticker and accessories shops, along with social media handles promoting such work, throws up a range of examples:Some offer to change only a section of a car’s colour, such as turning part of an orange car blackSome convert a white car to black by full-body wrapOthers advertise full-body vinyl wraps, cars split between their original colour and a contrasting shade and giant graphics, such as a red lion covering a substantial part of the…
Get smarter about the news
Sign up free for a feed built around what you actually care about, Dive Deeper research on any story, and the full text of every article.
Create free accountAlready have an account? Sign in