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SB800 - California SMOG Rules
If you are in California and are currently exempted from smog testing
because the model year of your car is from 1966 to 1973, read on.
The 912 finds itself in the unenviable position of being at the
beginning of California Polution control. This will have an impact to
our cars because of remote testing.
Our cars have been exempt from bi-annual testing. We are not exempt
from meeting the emission requirements of the year our car was
built. And now there is new regulations that will catch cars my remote
sensing.
Remote Sensing
Remote sensing starts Jan, 2003. It is designed to identify cars
passing a testing station that are 'gross poluters'.
Current News
Current news is found in these links:
- www.smogrfg.com. You can find summaries of
the current legislative and regulatory information here.
IMRC Recommendations
- Include 1966-73 vehicles in the smog check program. They represent
1% of the vehicles and 7% of the HC emissions, 8% of the CO emissions
and 4% of the NOx emissions. Insured classics would be exempted (and
essentially, if you drive it it's not a classic).
- Make all 1966-73 vehicles eligible for the voluntary vehicle
retirement program.
- Tightens the penalties for smog test fraud.
- Implement remote sensing program to collect data, eliminate gross
polluters and provide motorists with data about the state of their
vehicles. There is a single remote sensing unit on a freeway ramp in
Denver that measures more than a million cars per year.
- Add a visual leak check to the smog check visual inspection. (My
solexes would be in trouble here.)
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