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It depends on the state. Most of the ones that do exist are concerned with things like “do you have seat belts? are there rear view mirrors? do the turn signals
by krallja 5y ago
It depends on the state. Most of the ones that do exist are concerned with things like “do you have seat belts? are there rear view mirrors? do the turn signals work? is the check engine light on?” Classic/antique vehicles are also often exempt.
- technofiend 5y agoImagine my surprise when this year my 1996 Toyota was suddenly an "antique" by state law. Yearly inspection for antique cars is a safety check as you described - does it have working windshield wipers, lights and seat belts, but no longer any emissions check.
- AdmiralAsshat 5y agoThere's no way that car would pass an emissions test.
- rascul 5y agoNot all states test emissions, either.
- iamtheworstdev 5y agoand some only do it for certain counties (Virginia)
- londons_explore 5y agoI imagine this means cars with bad emissions end up living in states with no tests...
- protomyth 5y agoI'm not so sure on that. Some of the states that don't test are pretty damn inhospitable to cars and bad emissions is often the first sign of the end of the vehicle.
- londons_explore 5y agoBut there has to be a pretty lucrative trade in buying 'scrap' (emissions failing, $50 for-the-steel) cars in some states, and shipping them over to non-testing states where they can be sold as 'kinda old but totally usable for a few more years, $3000'.
- jorts 5y agoIn CA "The California Smog Check Program requires vehicles that were manufactured in 1976 or later to participate in the biennial (every two years) smog check program in participating counties." so it would be exempt based on the year that it was manufactured.
- mturmon 5y agoYes. And the consequences of the pre-1976 smog exemption are all too clear to anyone driving behind an older car on the freeway. There's no snow where I live, so these beautiful old heaps can stay on the road far longer than is healthy.
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- bell-cot 5y agoUnless the Official Emissions Test rules state that the tech performing the test has to start it, and that it can't be failed unless the emissions are too high when it's running...