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The reason California is so strict is because LA used to be synonymous with lethal levels of smog. Used to be.

• ryandrake 11y ago
  I find it difficult to understand how failing a car with clean emissions levels, thereby forcing it out of the state, contributes to cleaning up smog.
  • alexqgb 11y ago
    The point is that California had an exceptionally bad problem, which is why the response was so stringent.
  • jonknee 11y ago
    If it's forced out of the state the smog isn't California's problem. California's emission regulations aren't meant to clean up other states.
    • g10492293 11y ago
      In this case they do end up helping the other states...
  • plonh 11y ago
    You are willfully ignoring the vastly more significant average/mode case to focus on the effect of edge cases.