>Laura, think what it would do for public transport and the congestion on the
>roads.......
In an ideal world. But, this isn't an ideal world...We have public transport in
Orange County-it stops at 6 or 7 pm. Big help. You might be able to get to
work-but to get home? And Sundays and holidays are hell! Even if you live 5
minutes away, it'll take you at least 30 minutes to get there on the bus. There
are places where they really don't want to hire someone who is dependent on
so-called public transport. If it's between you and a person with a car-they'll
take the person with the car.
It's not like we haven't had a great many years to figure out public
transportation. Remember back in the gas shortage days of the early '70s? We
all thought then that by now there would be better public transportation. (But
we thought back then that by the year 2000, cars would fly!)
We live by the golden rule in this world-he who has the gold makes the rules!
>Also for a 99 Honda - it's got to be under warranty for emissions for what is
>it, 5 or 6 years, so it should be free to fix at a dealership as far as I
>know. At least it is up here in Oregon, then again your in California with
>those different laws....
Maybe. It can be amazing what warrenties do and don't cover when you actually
take the car in.
The new emissions laws here are really stacked, from what I hear from friends
who've gotten the dreaded notice. It used to be that you could just go to the
garage of your choice who was certified to do the emissions testing. But, now
what they do is pick out by lottery those who'll have to go to the State run
testing center. It's scary. Even both my Spitfire mechanic and the Nissan
mechanic we take the Sentra to are afraid of these guys! It's no wonder that
the state of California has all this money in the treasury!
Laura G.
>
>Alan
>
>Original Message:
>-----------------
>From: Laura.G@141.com (Laura Gharazeddine)
>Date: Mon, Jul 3 2000 13:22:57 GMT-0600
>Subject: Re: Re: MOT Time...
>
>
>I can only imagine the (financial) hardships a nationwide MoT would impose on
>the average guy. The new(ish) smog program here in California has really
>caused some hardships for people already-I met a woman at the car wash the
>other day who was ordered to a 'State' emissions testing center rather than
>the local testing center of her choice, with a '99 Honda-and it failed! They
>told her it would be $400 to pass! What a racket! My friends (all sorts and
>years of cars) all pray when they open their registration that they're not
>assigned to go to a state emissions station-cause they know they're probably
>not going to pass!
>
>Also, knowing the loopholes in our emissions programs for industry and big
>businesses, I can only imagine the loopholes they'd come up with in a MoT!
>
>Heck! Several million Californians now can't afford car insurance-can you
>imagine if these people had to pass an annual inspection on top of that?
>
>An inspection like MoT could be a good idea-but first they need to figure out
>how to get these other programs to be both affordable- and applicable to ALL
>vehicles.
>
>Off the soapbox now...
>
>Laura G.
>>
>>From: Douglas Braun & Nadia Papakonstantinou <dougnad@bellatlantic.net>
>>Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2000 13:12:03 -0400
>>To: "alemen@pop.ftconnect.com" <alemen@pop.ftconnect.com>,
>> "sdspitfire@worldnet.att.net" <sdspitfire@worldnet.att.net>,
>> "spitfires@autox.team.net" <spitfires@autox.team.net>
>>Subject: Re: MOT Time...
>>
>>
>>At 12:16 PM 7/3/00 -0400, alemen@pop.ftconnect.com wrote:
>>
>>>I was shocked to find that in my area (Portland, OR) all they did was
>emissions testing. Even more shocked to find that outside the area there was
>nothing. And all local standards, nothing federally mandated. Of course given
>the volume of the number of cars it would be almost impossible to impose such
>as thing as the MOT here. Also given the nature of the country it would also
>be vehemently opposed as it would affect peoples rights - who cares about
>safety. (Note that thsi is a personal observation and does not mean that those
>of you on the list think this way, in fact I hope most of you would put safety
>first). Hey think of it, a US MOT test - a big new industry, how many jobs
>would it create, how many cars would have to be fixed up, look at the income
>and parts potential for the auto industry.
>>
>>I think that one of the reasons for the laxness here is that
>>mechanical problems are responsible for a fairly small number of driving
>>deaths and injuries. I am sure that the DOT or NHTSA policymaking
>>people, who keep statistics on accidents, have concluded that new
>>vehicle standards, such as mandatory airbags, are more effective
>>at reducing the death/injury rate. One reason for this is that
>>cards in the USA tend to be newer than in other countries.
>>
>>One document that may be worthwhile reading is: <a href="<a
>href="http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/ncsa/pdf/TSF97.pdf";>http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/ncsa/pdf/TSF97.pdf</a>">http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/ncsa/pdf/TSF97.pdf";>http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/ncsa/pdf/TSF97.pdf</a></a>
>>
>>Doug Braun
>>'72 Spit
>>
>>
>
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