Reply to "Crush your car for free - AKA CA Smog Laws"

Jan,

whoa with that shot gun dude! LOL

The program is referred to as remote sensing, it is implemented by parking a van containing infra-red smog equipment along a roadway, most likely at freeway on ramps. your car's exhaust emissions will be tested for carbon monoxide & hydrocarbons as you accelerate up the on ramp & a photo of the license plate taken. programs like this are already underway in other areas of the country, like Denver Colorado. If the remote sensing program finds you in violation, you will be referred by mail to take your car to a regular smog station for inspection. All cars 1966 and newer have some degree of smog equipment on board, and the government expects you to maintain that equipment regardless of what model year your car is, so obviously, if it is removed, you are in violation and would fail a visual inspection. At this time, no cars are exempted from these tests. I don't have much other info. If you suspect an on ramp is being monitored, don't use it, or motor by slowly until you are past the van. Nailing the accelerator pumps on a double pumper Holley as you pass the test point is a sure way to raise your hydrocarbon emissions!

For a bit more info, check out the link below:

http://www.gsenet.org/library/11gsn/2004/gs040428.10.html

your friend on the PIBB, George