Jay Leno’s star power wasn’t enough to persuade a California legislative committee to pass a measure to allow owners of classic cars like him to be exempted from the state’s rigorous smog-check requirements.
The Assembly Appropriations Committee on Friday blocked Bakersfield Republican Sen. Shannon Grove’s Senate Bill 712 from advancing for a full vote. Leno had testified in support of the measure in Sacramento earlier this year.
Sorry for my european ignorance,
but isn’t eco test mandatory part of yearly vehicle inspection?
US states generally (possibly all) don’t do vehicle safety inspections. There are periodic smog tests and that’s about it. Detection of unfitness to be on the road is entirely reactive, based on a system of police-issued “fix it” tickets. That can range from correcting a burned-out tail light to doing something about the rusty muffler dragging on the ground.
My old city in the US didn’t even have exhaust checks. Anyone could drive anything without oversight.
Some states do vehicle inspections, Virginia in particular.
No, you live in a sensible place that at least pretends to care about the environment. America is a shit hole that has nothing sensible about it.
I’d say EU rules and cash grab opportunity is behind it here (in yearly registration extension price there are eco taxes included, but coutry doesn’t guarantee that it will go thowards the eco projects. All that money ends up in general pot)
Early on in a car’s life its isn’t yearly, but at one point in my last car’s 20 year life it became yearly and never went back. I think its age related.
That make sense, I’m just used to ours way that I didn’t question other possibilites.
E.g. here brand new cars get their first registration (for a duration of 1 year) and after few hundred kilometers they have they 0th car service at authorised service station. Then on yearly basis cars need to go for car service (practice is: one year small, then next year large servicing) then vehicle inspection at inspection station where, if car passes minimal safety standards, you extend registration for another year.