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Old 12-21-2005, 09:31 PM
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Im not sure if anyone else has this going on in your area, but we do... They have set up Emission Control Centers "sniffers" in certain sections of town, and as you drive by it checks your ****. They are set up with camera's and if you set it off it takes your picture and sends you a ticket in the mail. Kinda like running a traffic light.. Im not sure how sensitive these things are but it looks like there taking this pretty serious now.
 
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Old 12-21-2005, 09:33 PM
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we dont have em.
 
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Old 12-21-2005, 09:34 PM
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Originally Posted by MattJ
we dont have em.
Im sure all states will before long...
 
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Old 12-21-2005, 09:35 PM
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Florida rules..........lol.....drive all year and no emissions...woot
 
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Old 12-21-2005, 09:39 PM
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ill smash em if we get em
 
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Old 12-21-2005, 09:39 PM
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Originally Posted by MattJ
ill smash em if we get em
thats my boy........
 
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thats bs... there too much smog and **** here in los angeles, way to many trucks and crap.. it wouldnt be accurate here
 
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Old 12-21-2005, 10:46 PM
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or in any other major city for that matter. I doubt they'll be allowed. They removed traffic light cameras because they weren't consistantly accurate enough. I doubt they'd keep a smog sniffer...
 
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Old 12-21-2005, 11:07 PM
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the lights here work... they just suck cuz the yellows seem short, and the speed limit in town is 50mph, traffic usually moves 60-65. on another street that doesnt have cameras the limit is 50 put iv been passed while doin 70 down it
 
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Old 12-21-2005, 11:27 PM
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I like the red light cameras. I see too many dumbasses blatantly running red (not yellow) lights. I mean 2 or 3 cars at a time. Geez, They had to see that yellow light from 4 cars back. I welcome the chance to be the 1st at a stop light myself, escpecially if a ricer with a big ole wing and a huge fart can pulls up next to me. LOL. Plus I've seen what happens when someone is going on green and someone is flying through red. It aint pretty.
 
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Old 12-22-2005, 04:37 AM
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Damn, that is gay. I remember when I did safety / emissions inspections for Wake County in NC about 3 years ago...... I'd hate to have some station that takes a pic and sends you a ticket lol
 
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Old 12-22-2005, 04:42 AM
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Thats bs, I just cant see how that is accurate at all, I mean, what does it do, qucikly jam a sensor in your tailpipe? What happens if you are driving next to a crappy old truck that has no cats, what does it do then?
 
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Old 12-22-2005, 07:27 AM
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ya i dont think thats true, by the time it sniffed ur exhaust ur goin 2 b way past the camera so its goin 2 take a picture of the road, plus how do they factor wind in2 it if theres any at all there never goin 2 get a reading
 
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Old 12-22-2005, 09:15 AM
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our emmissions goes bye bye in 2007
 
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Old 12-22-2005, 10:00 AM
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ya i heard ohio is losin it 2 but i duno
 
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Old 12-22-2005, 01:43 PM
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i agree with icefreezen, FL rules haha. no emissions, no front license plates....
 
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Old 12-22-2005, 01:54 PM
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We have them here in dallas..
 
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Old 12-22-2005, 02:44 PM
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Originally Posted by B-rett
ya i heard ohio is losin it 2 but i duno
Yer right, we're getting rid of it early next year
 
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Old 12-22-2005, 03:15 PM
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do you mean early next year as in like 2 months from now or a whole year and 2 months from now???
cause it would b great 2 lose it and have my offroad pipe be legal lol
 
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Old 12-22-2005, 04:45 PM
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Originally Posted by i love soccermoms
thats bs... there too much smog and **** here in los angeles, way to many trucks and crap.. it wouldnt be accurate here
ours is different here.

they're using a trailer with a smog dyno in it... they block off a street like they would for construction and have bike cops looking for those who run off.

Then they claim that its "voluntary and for data measurement only" I know a few people who have seen it, all of them were not driving their mustangs thankfully.

Haven't seen them out my way or in West LA yet but I hear the inland empire gets them frequently.
 
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Old 12-22-2005, 05:01 PM
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Originally Posted by B-rett
do you mean early next year as in like 2 months from now or a whole year and 2 months from now???
cause it would b great 2 lose it and have my offroad pipe be legal lol
Yea, I've heard it was supposed to be early this coming year. This was from two performance shops too
 
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Old 12-22-2005, 09:37 PM
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Well Im not sure about all this...I still have 8 months before I have to put my cats back on for inspection time...lol
 




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