OK what about states like pennsylvaina where you can register a car without
inspection, as long as you have a title, and the money you can register it, the
inspection is where they check EM controls, and no-where does it say cars
*Must* be inspected, just registered. Well I can register ANYTHING in PA. as
long as it has a title and a vin number, to look at some of my past cars you
would realize this...
Inspection is done by private shops and is not the most secure way of patroling
poloution since more then once in my life I have seen Mechanics put the "Wrong"
car on the dyno and get a legal print out and transfer that to another car.
The rule is flawed, should say, cars should be legal for passenger use in their
home state, or somthing to that effect, Just my thoughts...
then there is allways alabama, right?
Jeff
On Thu, 18 January 2001, "Jay Mitchell" wrote:
> >That's not entirely true -- the SM rules do require vehicles to
> be legally
> >registered for street use.
>
> That means that they are required to have cats.
>
> > In some places, that mandates retaining the cat,
>
> No, in ALL places that mandates retaining the cat.
>
> >because you can't get a registration without it.
>
> Federal law prohibits modification to the emission control system
> on _any_ car driven on public roads. Individual states do not
> have the option of repealing Federal safety and emission
> regulations within their borders. A state may make laws that are
> more stringent than the Federal ones - as California does - but
> they may not go in the opposite direction.
>
> Some states do a relatively thorough job of determining if a car
> remains in compliance with Federal law (or even more stringent
> state laws) before issuing a tag. The odds are much greater that
> a car that has been registered in California is still actually
> legal than, say, a car registered in Alabama. That does _not_
> mean that removing catalytic convertors is legal in Alabama. It
> is a Federal crime, punishable in _any_ state. If you doubt this,
> I'd suggest you contact the MV department in Alabama and ask them
> if it's OK to remove the catalytic convertor from a street-driven
> car.
>
> Having gotten your car registered is not, by itself, proof that
> the registration is legal. It may simply mean that the
> registering authority didn't verify your car's legality. This is
> the case in a number of states.
>
> I'm not trying to claim that an SM car would be DQ'ed over lack
> of a cat, but the present wording of the rules, taken at face
> value, would lead to that.
>
> Jay
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