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In article <3lg7iuk09v3vmr3vlsaktob8igo7cvbqef@news.supernews.com>,
 "trebor@sirius.com.no.more" <user@example.com> wrote:


> >> ! Did you know that San Francisco is exempt from the smog
> >>    laws that the rest of the state has to follow??? 
> >
> >Did you also know that this is because the SF Bay Area has and continues 
> >to meet and/or exceed state/federal clean air standards????
> 
> 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.

> 
> Still, since when is SF exempt from smog checks?

We aren't. I live in SF and had to smog check my cars. What we've been 
exempt from is the so-called "Enhanced" smog checks in use in other 
parts of the state. These tests are more stringent, and the SF Bay Area 
has been exempt from them because our air has been relatively clean. 
That exemption is about to end (at least that's what today's SF 
Chronicle reports).


As it is now, not everybody in SF is exempt in all situations. I 
recently bought a used car out of state (Washington) and brought it into 
California (SF). When I went to get it smogged (in preparation for the 
DMV) the smog people told me that, by law, it would need an "Enhanced" 
smog check since it was purchased out of state and did not have license 
plates. I quickly found out that there are only a handful of places in 
SF which have the proper equipment to do an "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.


--Mike