Wonder if this law will eventually skew Cali hotrodders to turbo over blowers. My dumped turbo was way quieter than my full exhaust blower setup.
New Cali Exhaust Law
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I have no doubts they will use forfeiture laws to seize the cars of repeat 'offenders'....
You want to see some real gut turning shit? Check this out... Happening now at a freeway on ramp near you! (if you're in CA)
Roadside Emission Test Checkpoint
Roadside Emission Test Checkpoint
Aimed right at the diesel pickup crowd.
Not until all of the millions of voting illegal aliens are deported from Cali. But with Reconquista being the ultimate goal, that will never happen.
they did something similar here in Houston a few years back, where they had test equipment setup on the shoulder of a few freeways...don't think that initiative ever got any traction or real funding, thank god....
This has been going on for years, and I actually applaud it. Rather than burdening the entire motoring public by requiring them get their cars tested, only to have most pass anyway, and have many of those who do fail, do so on petty equipment violations regardless of whether they might have actually passed a sniffer test...not to mention those who cheat to pass...this system singles out only the actual pollution offenders. Bravo. If we could do the same with drunk drivers instead of forcing a gauntlet on a largely innocent public, I'd support that too.
HA HAAAAAAAAAAAAA
That's gold right there!
Do we have any actual LEO's out there from CA that can attest to this whole thing? SO far all the fb groups are in a hissy but to me it sounds like more of the same. These types of things give cops ammo to go after the douchenozzles who run around with chopped mufflers and no cats. Me with a simple catback? Not too worried.
However, sounds like theres a $1k fine regardless, yet they give you a ref ticket, and then say you go to ref it and you are within the legal decibel limit (ie 95db @ 25', which it takes quite a bit to go over that), does that mean you can fight that $1k fine in court once its proven you are not violating the ref (supercedes) limit? Why should anyone have to pay a fine if the ref says theyre good to go?
And theyve been doing the roadside smog stations since the early 00's. Nowadays though, if you are newer than a certain year, its only a scanner anyways. They cannot force you to do a sniffer test if you don't need one come smog time anyways.
However, sounds like theres a $1k fine regardless, yet they give you a ref ticket, and then say you go to ref it and you are within the legal decibel limit (ie 95db @ 25', which it takes quite a bit to go over that), does that mean you can fight that $1k fine in court once its proven you are not violating the ref (supercedes) limit? Why should anyone have to pay a fine if the ref says theyre good to go?
And theyve been doing the roadside smog stations since the early 00's. Nowadays though, if you are newer than a certain year, its only a scanner anyways. They cannot force you to do a sniffer test if you don't need one come smog time anyways.
These are not roadside smog stations where youre pulled in and strapped to a smog dyno.
This is unmanned equipment THAT SNIFFS YOUR EXHAUST as you pass by that is designed to trap you without you even knowing it.
Read the link again (or for the first time).
That’s ****ed up. Seriously!
Ah ****ing technology.
Still not worried, have all my cats and my shits tuned.
plus, "(3) Vehicle owners are mailed a letter asking them to participate in a voluntary vehicle repair program."
So, like jury duty, shred it.
Exactly on the voluntary part, but like everything... now youre on the radar and will probably be required to be smogged every year with tags vs. every 2 years.
Who knows. ... These Commies are really, really something else.
Agreed. Though I just got a thing in the mail, dont need to even see a smog guy until 2022 since they extended the 7yr rule to 9yrs. Then even at that its scanner only. Got my OEM ECU for that (plus swap it for dealer trips, never know when these asshats will flash stock firmware thinking theyre doing you a solid not knowing they wiped a $400 tune).
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