Comparing what happens in Jessieville, I mean Minneapolis, and someplace
like the Bay area, Boston, La, etc. is pretty silly. We all don't like doing
these test, especially for vehicles that were built before there were
standards.. i.e. 1980 but... I like to breath. I like for my kids to grow up
without smog induced asthma. I like my plants to have that healthy green
color. So we do it and we don't cheat the system.

It will be interesting to see how respitory problem rates change in the next
twenty years because some institute claims there is no change between smog
and no smag testing in Minnisota.

tim o'brien

>
>Now I know that I am new to the list and everything, so I don't want to
>upset any tree huggers out there, but emission tests are a fraud. We had
>them instituted in Minnesota about 7 years ago. The state did a study over
>the next five years that showed that the emissions in the state did
>nothing. That's right, they did nothing, neither went up or down. So the
>state, in one of it's more intelligent moves, stopped testing vehicles.
>That's right, I don't have to pay the $15 fee once a year, have idiots mess
>with my car, or sit in a line for an hour. All of you out there should
>petition your state government to get rid of these hassles, I mean tests.
>Tell them to look at what they did in Minnesota.
>Peace,
>Peder
>'84 Westy

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