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echo: oldcars
to: DON GUY
from: ALEXANDER BILAN
date: 1997-08-25 11:11:00
subject: emmisions

> Which capital--Toronto or Ottawa? :-)
Ottawa (Canadian Capital).
Toronto (Ontario Capital, for our American readers) hopefully houses some
beurocrats with a passion for older vehicles and common sense as applied to
those.
> Just wait. Sooner or later some bonehead will come up with the idea that
> vehicles old enough to not have any anti-smog equipment, should be
> retrofitted.
> :-/
Like I said, it's going to get messy.
I got one of those boneheads next door to me.  
>  #AB#> -Other than commercial vehicles liscenced in their home state and
>  #AB#> here, how could they possibly enforce smog checks for vehicles
> not
>  #AB#> even registered here!?
> 
> I don't think that they could, save for roadside "spot" checks.
And even there, what sort of power do they have in that? The only power for
pulling and fining vehicles is for those that have safety deficiencies.
>  #AB#> Same goes for private vehicles, and will they be bothering those
>  #AB#> of us with exempt vehicles cause it registers on their troll
> mobiles?
> 
> That wouldn't surprise me. Double or triple the probability if the
> fisherman is a bona-fide tree hugger.
No doubt. Though, Toronto area always has seen the agressive cop on patrol
(undercover speed traps, their Camaro patrol vehicles etc.)
>  #AB#> I can see any number of flaws in this, and I'm only glad I'm not
>  #AB#> part of the initially affected cities, this is going to get very
>  #AB#> messy.
> 
> I think I'm about ready to move off-planet.
 When is Kingston going to be hit with the checks?  Maybe you're lucky
enough to be far enough "north" to avoid this nonsense.
Alex.
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