Austin and Charles and All:

  Where did Austin get his information that the CHP is randomly pulling
cars over to perform a smog check?  It is patently illegal for the CHP to
randomly pull over a vehicle to perform any kind of check on our vehicles. 
All random stops must be made at a fixed location, such as for "drunk
driving" checkpoints.  

  I would appreciate being notified of the details by anyone who has been
randomly stopped.  After I get some examples, I will research the issue and
tell people what to do in the event of a random stop.  Or, I might even do
a class-action lawsuit to prevent the CHP from making random stops.  

  Thank you everybody.  I hope this message goes to all.

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> From: Charles D Earl <cdearl@cats.ucsc.edu>
> To: Multiple recipients of list <vanagon@lenti.med.umn.edu>
> Subject: Re: Smog Check in the Field
> Date: Wednesday, May 07, 1997 4:06 PM
> 
> Jeff, in what part of Cal did you observe these checks being performed?
> 
> Charles
> '83.5 Westy