---- Tom Hargrave <thargrav@HIWAAY.NET> wrote:
> Alabama has no mandatory emissions testing program or annual inspection
> program.
>
> And being from NY State, I remember the ridiculous inspection & testing
> requirements from the 1970's. In 1976 my dad's 1969 Chevy Wagon failed
> inspection at the local inspection station. They stated the brakes were
> unsafe because the front rotors were too thin and they would not let him
> leave until he paid for a complete $350 brake job. He insisted that they
> give him the parts they pulled off & when he got home he measured the
> calipers with a micrometer and both were well within spec.
>
> State vehicles inspection programs are like the fox watching the hen house.
> I'm glad I live here.

I live in Oklahoma, with no state safety or emissions testing requirement, also.  We have a much higher vehicle accident rate than most states.  We depend on the wind to disperse pollutants.  I see vehicles with bald tires, squealing brakes, improper lighting, and so on all the time.  Almost every week I read of death on the highway and a finding of poor vehicle maintenance as a cause.

mcneely

>
> Thanks, Tom Hargrave
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>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf Of
> Dennis Haynes
> Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2012 11:55 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: EPA and Vanagon Emissions
>
> Except for the California Air Resources Board, (CARB since they were around
> before EPA addressed auto pollution), all state and local emissions test
> programs support EPA mandates in low attainment, (polluted)areas. NY
> (downstate) recently gave up on emissions inspection for vehicle 1995 and
> older. Most of NY never had emissions testing, only the city-long island
> areas. We do have emissions testing for diesel trucks and busses.  Even if
> you are not in an area with local emissions inspections the maintenance (not
> removing or disabling) along with various modifications is still regulated
> at the federal level. The enforcement though is usually left to the states.
> The greenhouse gas issues also applies to the handling and release of
> refrigerants.
>
> Dennis
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Stuart MacMillan
> Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2012 12:06 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: EPA and Vanagon Emissions
>
> Link please, I can't find anything on this.  Anyway, in Seattle vehicles
> over 25 years old are exempt.  Are you saying EPA is going to change that?
> I always had to take my '84 to a test site that had a guy in a van next door
> who guaranteed passing. Every two years I'd go through and fail on HC, and
> he'd put it on his Sun tester, usually doing nothing more than maxing out
> the idle, and then he drove it through and it passed.  Paid him $35 and he'd
> crank the idle back down.  Hmmm, I wonder how much he paid the tester.
>
> Stuart
> '85 Westy--now exempt, and in three years I can get a free collector vehicle
> plate (or nearly free, one time $45 fee)!!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> JRodgers
> Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2012 8:10 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: EPA and Vanagon Emissions
>
> Did anyone note the announcement on Tuesday that the EPA won it's last case
> which will now allow them to absolutely dictate what happens with our
> beloved Vanagons - by way of emission control? It's gonna be interesting
> times ahead.
>
> John
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David McNeely