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]]> By: Christopher Renner http://cafehayek.com/2008/01/government-chee.html/comment-page-1#comment-19786 Christopher Renner Mon, 07 Jan 2008 19:51:59 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/?p=3473#comment-19786 <p>Another aspect of emissions as related to modified cars - state regulations that specify that a car has to have all OEM emissions related parts, versus those which only measure what's coming out of the tailpipe.</p> <p>In the first case, there's an incentive for the car's owner to swap parts back to original once a year, pass the test, and immediately revert to the(possibly much more polluting) modifications.</p> <p>In the second case, the owner can ensure that his normal setup(i.e. with modifications) won't pollute more than otherwise. </p> Another aspect of emissions as related to modified cars – state regulations that specify that a car has to have all OEM emissions related parts, versus those which only measure what's coming out of the tailpipe.

In the first case, there's an incentive for the car's owner to swap parts back to original once a year, pass the test, and immediately revert to the(possibly much more polluting) modifications.

In the second case, the owner can ensure that his normal setup(i.e. with modifications) won't pollute more than otherwise.

]]> By: Jon http://cafehayek.com/2008/01/government-chee.html/comment-page-1#comment-19785 Jon Fri, 04 Jan 2008 10:23:12 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/?p=3473#comment-19785 <p>Emissions testing is ridiculous. </p> <p>As a car tuner fan ... it's meaningless. all we have to do is swap the parts on before inspection, pass, and put them back on afterward. No cop is going to be able to tell.</p> Emissions testing is ridiculous.

As a car tuner fan … it's meaningless. all we have to do is swap the parts on before inspection, pass, and put them back on afterward. No cop is going to be able to tell.

]]> By: Bob Smith http://cafehayek.com/2008/01/government-chee.html/comment-page-1#comment-19784 Bob Smith Thu, 03 Jan 2008 23:39:02 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/?p=3473#comment-19784 <p>There's no need to test every car. You only need to ticket and impound gross polluters (you know who they are). One such car is the equivalent of a thousand new cars in terms of pollution. The second thing you need to do is have a rising registration fee as the car ages, inducing drivers to replace old polluters with newer cars. Neither will ever happen, especially in places like California (where the problem is most acute because old cars live a *long* time since they don't rust). The "poor" and "illegal immigrant" lobbies will launch huge lawsuits should any such law be passed, claiming it unfairly discriminates against them.</p> There's no need to test every car. You only need to ticket and impound gross polluters (you know who they are). One such car is the equivalent of a thousand new cars in terms of pollution. The second thing you need to do is have a rising registration fee as the car ages, inducing drivers to replace old polluters with newer cars. Neither will ever happen, especially in places like California (where the problem is most acute because old cars live a *long* time since they don't rust). The "poor" and "illegal immigrant" lobbies will launch huge lawsuits should any such law be passed, claiming it unfairly discriminates against them.

]]> By: Nathan Bowers http://cafehayek.com/2008/01/government-chee.html/comment-page-1#comment-19783 Nathan Bowers Thu, 03 Jan 2008 20:15:27 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/?p=3473#comment-19783 <p>Funny, I took my car in yesterday for my biannual California smog check (it's required for DMV registration). I drive a 2002 Honda Accord so naturally I passed with super low emissions.</p> <p>I thought having to spend $50 and 15 minutes for a test I knew I would pass was annoying, but that Maryland testing sounds like pure hell. Maybe one disadvantage of small states is that it's easier for small but annoying special interests to come up with schemes that would never work on a large populace.</p> <p>The ads for the Institute for Justice on the back of Reason magazine always seem to be some small business owner standing up to the Rhode Island Embalmers' Association or some such nonsense.</p> Funny, I took my car in yesterday for my biannual California smog check (it's required for DMV registration). I drive a 2002 Honda Accord so naturally I passed with super low emissions.

I thought having to spend $50 and 15 minutes for a test I knew I would pass was annoying, but that Maryland testing sounds like pure hell. Maybe one disadvantage of small states is that it's easier for small but annoying special interests to come up with schemes that would never work on a large populace.

The ads for the Institute for Justice on the back of Reason magazine always seem to be some small business owner standing up to the Rhode Island Embalmers' Association or some such nonsense.

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