European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 5, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                June 2007 stars and stripes Page 3 Drivers in Germany struggle to adapt cars 6 months after aftermarket parts still a problem by Mark stars and stripes no tinted no undercarriage no no booming this int Pimp my Ever since new vehicle regulations for forces in Europe were published to conform to euro Pean Manfred Demme has been bombarded with an area maintenance manager and technical assistant for army vehicle registration in Western Ger Demme said he still receives two or three complaints a the changes which took effect in Early december affect tinted exhaust rims common modifications that car buffs put hard earned Money with no prior notice hundreds of Drivers have been before youre going to put a regulation in you should let peo ple Demme said of the but it never i didst see stationed out of Ger Demme said the 17 inspection stations that army forces in Germany use handle cars per and he tries to Deal with each unhappy customer with explaining the policy changes and telling people where to look to see for Many people just see the Money there going to have to spend to fix their Demme i understand that people have spent a lot of theres always going to be prob lems when theres Money in because there was no grandfathering in of any car not in accordance with policy now fails inspection and can be cited by Mili tary Demme mentioned that exceptions can be made for loud exhaust systems that Are but the vehicle owner has to prove that nothing has been inspection stations Are not allowed to Issue exceptions Drivers must apply for them through vehicle registration loud exhaust systems and tinted windows Are the two most com Mon issues Demme deals since cars and motorcycles can not be louder than 90 and cars Are no longer Are allowed to have window tinting on front windows or every car that has these aftermarket parts were going to fail and you still see a lot of them on the Demme adding that he hears from angry customers who have shipped vehicles since the regulation has been in they should announce the poli cies in the states before vehicles i know different states have different but Here its the same in when people ship their cars to and they have to change this and this and they i  have shipped my car if id known that Al for More see euro Pean service specific for soldiers regulation 1901 sail ors instruction airmen instruction soldiers can Call Demme at Dan email Mark  what the regulations say window tinting aftermarket transparent or tinted material attached to a Windshield or front Side windows directly to the left and right of the Driver on the passenger Side window is spoilers must meet the manufacturers instal lation homemade spoilers or spoilers that do not meet the manufacturers specifications will be grounds for rejection during body or suspension parts vehicle own ers must provide certified documentation showing that the alterations do not affect the vehicles opera Tion and safety lighting installing the following is prohibited any color lights behind the Grill for the purpose of lighting up the Grill unless equipped by the manufacturer lights in the wheel under under the body or behind tires any lighting around the Windshield or any other window that does not enhance vehicles May not have More than two original or additional stoplights in the rear win Dow decorative lighting around the License plate and and fog lights of colors other than White or Amber As provided by the manufacture rims and tires spinning or spin Are vehicles with tires extending beyond the outermost portion of the fender Well when viewed from above Are not exhausts motorcycles with straight through exhaust pipes and motorcycles with original mufflers that have the sound absorber removed will be car and motorcycle exhausts not manufacturer or Factor installed that Are suspected of exceeding 90 decibels must be checked with a Decibel if it exceeds certain authorized it will be excessive noise stereos cant be played so loudly they can be heard More than 10 feet away with the windows Mark and stripes Wolfgang vehicle inspector on Warner Barracks in looks Over Brandon Romines 1996 opel Astra during an annual inspection 0 4j cd s Dodea ends probe of London centrals closure by Ben Murray stars and stripes a nearly six month investigation into allegations of mismanagement of the closure of London Central school ended May 23 with no substantial spokesmen for the department of defense education activity said authorities in the department of defense dependents schools system and Nondon schools program were accused of not Ade note to readers due to a technical today edition will not include a weather quaely providing for students at the Oneo faking dormitory facility and under playing the ramifications of the said Dodea spokesman Frank last Dodds officials abruptly announced the school would close at the end of the academic and Many Stu dents would have to enter the English education the investigation process began last october when the department of defense inspector generals office received an Anonymous complaint that the closure had been said Gary spokesman for the of in a and at times ram the person said parents had been provided bogus information and school authorities were unresponsive to questions asked by parents when the closure was on the Dod is office handed the Case to Dodea for Comerford in the Middle of Dodea convened an inquiry team of administrators and Isles District teachers to look into the the team broke the complaint into a rough list of 13 Ogara the team interviewed about 20 people and the Daws Hill com Mander Over the next several according to Ogara and Harvey Odeas chief of policy and of the 13 the team substantiated and partially substantiated two items that some students would be eligible for graduation by the age of which is possible in the English and that an administrator had a conversation about a specific students needs without the parents Ogara Dodea did not take action in regard to either Ogara the thrust of the allegations concerned the differences be tween the British and american education systems and that the difficulty of transferring credits from one to the other was under played by school Gerry that an opinion held by Vale Rie who had two children in London Central when the closure was Pace enrolled her kids in British but later pulled them Back out Over fears it would leave them behind when they returned to the she said parents were Given Little straight talk by administrators about the difficulties in moving students Between the two sys tems and believed Many kids would have trouble later attempt ing to enrol in stateside High schools and Pace said a Benefit of the investigation would be if any Light has been brought to places it has been avoided but added she was not surprised at the results of the it would never Surprise me a investigating concludes they Are completely in Nocent of any she wrote in an email to stars and email Ben Murray at