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Article #4057Re: 12 States May Adopt CA Standards
From: Doug Humphrey
Date: Thu, 20 Jan 1994 02:56
Date: Thu, 20 Jan 1994 02:56
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> Absolutely! And it's been noted that if a reliable tailpipe >emissions meter could be developed that would allow police to observe >a suspect car (similar to the way they observe speeding cars with radar >or laser), the need for emissions testing would virtually vanish, because >the real cause of the problem (the 10% of the cars Ted refers to) could >be taken off the street. Sobriety checkpoints for the drivers, and now polution checkpoints for the cars! Actually, there is no need for this to be remote sensing technology. In any routine traffic stop, the police could just make it routine to have you start your car and they put the meter on the tailpipe. Doug
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