I agree it may not be a good thing.
Unless the flames are like that of a flame thrower than I couldnt even see this getting to court with the new charging system. Just look at the wording in a - the condition of the motor vehicle a flame out the exhaust has nothing to do with the condition of a motor vehicle.

When this legislation was written I cant imagine the lawyers had even thought of flames coming from a car. There are voids in the road traffic law, just look at the fitment of led washer jets. Not an offence unless they are red as they don't fit any of the defintions under the 1971 lighting regs for optional lamps, running lamps etc. Look at the grey area with stretch limos. You can cram more than 8 persons in the back yet should the driver have a psv and operators licence ? I would say that he should but there is nothing in the legislation at the moment that gives a definitive answer. Both these examples to me are wrong but there is no law saying so.

I'm meeting with the Traffic Commisioner for England and Wales next month re traffic issues. He is the authoritive person on road traffic legislation. I'll see what he has to say about this.

What driving course you on ? I did my advanced a couple of years ago and its the best course i've done in the job.

Steve