BAAQMD - Bay Area Air Quality Management District. That should be Moron
Department!
I have received my second insulting "Dear Vehicle Owner" letter. The summary
is:
If I have a working, currently registered, 1981 or older vehicle, that *passes*
it's smog check, I should scrap it for $500!!!
A few items the come to mind:
* Who gave BAAQMD permission to access by DMV records?
* Since they did access my DMV record, why didn't they look at the smog test
history? My 1 owner car has legitimately passed with flying colors every time
w/o any failures or retests.
* Why isn't this offer available only to *failing* cars?? Wouldn't that get rid
of the real sources of pollution? duh? Probably too obvious for a government
agency!
More irritation on the same subject, I also received my DMV renewal labeled
"SMOG Certification Required at a Test Only Center". I'm sure they charge more
than the local discount SMOG test station... :-/
BTW, this is my '81 Rx-7 that I autocross, so this isn't too far off topic. ;-)
OK, I'm done venting...
John
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