Drivers spend up to $300 relocating car OBUs, risking warranty voidance

As Singapore prepares to retire its decades-old road pricing gantry system, a quieter negotiation is unfolding inside the nation's cars: between what the state mandates and what drivers desire. The on-board unit, soon compulsory for every vehicle, has become an unlikely canvas for personal expression and ergonomic preference, with thousands of motorists spending freely to reshape a device they had no hand in designing. It is a familiar human story — the moment a technology becomes intimate enough to live with, people begin bending it to fit their lives, even at a cost.