with all the smog and classic car issues..... Options

[dw914er]

with the bill S.B. 1549 about changing the smog for pre-1976 cars, and the German laws about classic cars in urban areas, what is your input, and feelings. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif)

I have to write a research paper for my English class, and i chose this topic becasue i def. have a stance on it (opposed to these laws) and it does concern me becasue i own an old car. I figured that a great addition to the paper is other peoples opinions and reasons for their opinions becasue this concerns almost everyone. If this smog trend continues, more states and governments will go after our 'polluting' old cars on the road.

So please chime in!!

Thanks in advance for your input!


-Ben

[Elliot Cannon]

These laws ARE NOT written to clean up the air in California. They are written and proposed by polititions who are out to make a name for themselves. There have been many, many propositions on the California ballots the past 20 years that although may seem like a good idea at first, are iether impossible to fund, or impossible to implement and enforce or are simply not needed. The DMV knows exactly how many cars 75 and older are on our roads. It has to be a very small amount and these cars are driven very few miles a year.

Having said that. There is a lobbying group that is hard at work against these kinds of useless laws. It's call SEMA. Speciatly Equipment Market Association. Google sema and log on to their web sight, wright them a letter, send an email and while you're at it send a letter and email to your state representatives and senators telling them of your concern about a useless laws limiting these old cars. Arnold has some very powerful friends (Jay Leno etc.) who are absolutely against this kind of legislation and I'm also pissed that the 30 year rolling exemtion has not been re-implemented.
Cheers, Elliot