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In article <8FJKLSJF388523oih5ogdjhgjgf@fksd.com>,
 ellay@nearucla.edu (Ellay) wrote:


> |> Thanks to an accident of nature that takes our smog and dumps it inland.
> |
> |
> |That doesn't change the fact that the SF Bay Area still meets and 
> |exceeds clean air standards.
> 
> So they fact that SF smog blows inland makes it okay for SF to be 
> exempt from certain smog laws?!?

The reason those "certain smog laws" were put into place was to reduce 
the clean air problems in areas where Federal clear air standards were 
routinely exceeded. They are rarely exceeded in the SF Bay Area.


So the reason LA has different laws is because LA is a shithouse trapped 
in a basin.

  
> Heck then all beach cities, like Long Beach and San Pedro should be
> exempt!

Not really, becaue LB and San Pedro both still have major air quality 
problems...as does pretty much every other vity in that cesspool 
otherwise known as LA County.

> 
> |...Enhanced" smog check...and 
> |they all charge 3-4 times what a "regular" smog check costs. I paid 
> |nearly $100 to get my car smog checked. A complete racket.
> 
> That's the point! Why do people in Los Angeles have to pay more for
> smog checks rather than the people in San Francisco?? Just because
> their smog blows inland?!


I don't know that they do pay more. I was referring to cost of an 
enhanced smog check in SF...where there are only a small handfull of 
places with the necessary equipment to do enhanced smog checks (probably 
why they jack up the prices).



--Mike