If you live in California, or any state that follows California's tailpipe
emissions guidelines, and you, or someone younger than you, are planning to be
driving your LBC around 2050, you better be keeping your eye on legislation
that could upset that plan.
The following is a quote from today's newspaper:
"...(Governor) Brown also signed an executive order setting goals to have 1.5
million vehicles with no tailpipe emissions on California's roads by 2025, AND
AIMING FOR VIRTUALLY EVERY VEHICLE ON THE ROAD TO BE EMISSION FREE BY 2050..."
(capital letter emphasis mine)
Not a good sign for hobbyists, collectors, and special interest vehicle owners
of the future. As reported in the deFender, the newsletter of the California
Association of Car Clubs, there are bills pending concerning vehicle
emissions. One would extend the exemption from smog checks for vehicles
manufactured prior to the 1976 model year to those manufactured prior to the
1981 model year. ACCC supports that one. However, another notes that the
existing law requires the department of Consumer Affairs, in cooperation with
the State Air Resources Board, to institute procedures, including remote
sensing devices and roadside testings, to audit the emissions of vehicles
while being driven on the streets and highways of the state. They state that
this bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to these provisions.
Their position on this one is "Watch". I do not know what would happen if an
exempt vehicle was determined to be emitting excessive emissions by a roadside
sensor.
(The Other) Len
Vacaville, CA, USA
1967 AH 3000 MkIII, HBJ8L39031
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