California to smog Motorcycles SB 435
Buster52
illegally modified exhaust systems and would go into effect in 2012 if
passed and signed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, an avid motorcyclist.
The measure has won support from health and environmental groups that say
the move is critical to reducing the state's smog pollution but has angered
motorcycle-rights groups, dealers and manufacturers, which say it's bad for
business and an infringement of riders' freedoms.
Motorcycles account for 3.6% of registered vehicles in the state and make up
just 0.8% of vehicle-miles traveled, yet account for 10% of passenger
vehicles' smog-forming emissions, according to the California Air Resources
Board, which backs the measure. Although fuel-efficient bikes emit
significantly less carbon dioxide per mile, the ARB says they are, on
average, 14 times more polluting per mile when it comes to emissions of
oxides of nitrogen and hydrocarbons -- smog-forming pollutants that have
been shown to trigger asthma attacks and worsen respiratory and cardiac
illnesses.
I have been seeing this coming for years. Me they are doing it for 2
reasons. First to generate money for the State, secondly there are a lot of
people who do not like motorcycles. Especially bikes with loud pipes. This
is a way to get motorcycles off the road they do not like. There is no way
that 0.8% of the vehicles registered can make 10% of the smog. So it is a
rouge to cover up what they are really doing. Trying to remove motorcycles.
Buster
DM
> Introduced in the Senate in late February, SB 435 targets bikes with
> illegally modified exhaust systems and would go into effect in 2012 if
> passed and signed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, an avid motorcyclist.
Try to keep up.
http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_12497597?nclick_check=1
Headline: Senate rejects mandatory motorcycle smog tests
Fins BS#221
Scott
"DM" <fi...@nospam.bs221.com> wrote in message
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I wouldn't get too happy, laws like that have a way of coming
back in a year or two.
Sad thing is, it will spread to Nevada and Arizona, then soon,
the whole damn country is californicated.
Invisible68
"Scott" <home...@alone.com> wrote in message
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>can not afford things....
Invisible68
Buster52
merely authorizes law enforcement officers to fine motorcyclists who remove
the converters.
The part they left in will allow the police to start sighting for non-stock
mufflers. A trip of a thousand miles starts with one step. Here is just one
more step to removing motorcycles off the road.
Buster
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