I applaud Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment for taking action against the inexplicably ignorant, and rightly illegal, tampering with emission control devices on diesel vehicles by the Diesel Brothers of Sparks Motors Company of Davis County.
Northern Utah experiences some of the worst air pollution in the country, most of which comes from motor vehicle emissions. To deliberately alter a vehicle to emit even greater amounts of toxic gases and particulate is an unfathomable offense against all of us.
Every vehicle manufacturer, those who make aftermarket modifications, and we who ultimately buy and operate them must make a concerted and conscientious effort to reduce pollution. For the Diesel Brothers’ attorneys to argue that tampering with emission control devices “isn’t a big part of their business” is like the cartels saying that murder isn’t a big part of pushing drugs.
Lew Hansen, South Weber
