[T3] CA smog check warning

[Hal Sullivan <tristessa@pon.net>]

I picked up the Feb 2001 issue of HotVW's yesterday, and something in there 
caught my eye.  Here it is, as close to word-for-word as I can get since I 
just woke up. =)


	CARB looks to eliminate emissions testing exemption!

	According to a report by SEMA, in early 2001 the California Air Resources 
Board (CARB) is likely to pursue legislation in the California State 
legislature to repeal the state's current rolling emissions test exemption 
for vehicles 30 years old and older.  If CARB is successful, emissions 
tests could be required of vehicles as far back as the 1966 model year.  In 
other words, CARB is working to ensure that older vehicles are never 
excused from the Smog Check program.  As hobbyists, we urge California 
residents to contact their state legislators to support the current 
emissions exemption.  Existing law in California exempts all pre-1974 
vehicles from emissions testing until 2003.  After 2003, vehicles 30 years 
old and older will be exempt from emissions testing.  California's 
emissions testing exemption recognizes the minimal impact of antique and 
classic vehicles on vehicle emissions and air quality.  Antique and classic 
vehicles are overwhelmingly well-maintained, and infrequently driven, and 
have little impact on California's pollution problems.  Expanding emissions 
testing could unfairly force 1960s-era vehicles -- vehicles not originally 
equipped with pollution control systems -- to undergo emissions tests.  It 
could also lead to increasing the pool of vehicles (VWs!) eligible for 
scrappage.  Contact your state legislators now to oppose repealing 
California's emissions exemption for older vehicles ... and help keep our 
VWs out of the scrapyard

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