----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 =
9:55 AM
Subject: Re: You won't believe =
this
one!!
Here in New =
Jersey we
went to dyno testing last year. Here are my
observations so =
far:
1. Increases time of inspection by about 400%
2. Decreases =
the
accuracy of emissions testing (we have had cars that never
passed =
the old
idle emissions test, pass the dyno test!)
3. Increases the chances =
of
damaging the vehicle, hurting someone, or causing
an accident.
Before a trip for testing was simple, now it is tense, hoping =
that
nothing bad is going to happen.
4. We are having emissions tests =
done on
every car that comes through except
diesels. I was very =
shocked and
stupefied when I took a customer's 76 bus
through inspection and =
they put
it on a dyno. Here is a car that was never
really designed =
to meet
any emission standard. At the time I don't believe
they had =
a
standard, so where are the Pass/Fail numbers coming from? =
Anything
before 1980 should be exempt at this point. In NJ the rust =
catches
up with the older cars so that we don't have a ton of them like
California.
The amount of pre 1980 cars that are used as =
daily
drivers in NJ could
probably fit in my local Wal-mart parking lot. =
What kind of environment
impact are these cars having? =
Is
there any organized effort to petition for some kind of different
emissions testing system? The one we have now just isn't =
efficent
and safe
(plus it is way more expensive than the old one). =
Sorry for
venting, but thanks for listening.
Ken Wilford =
John 3:16
www.vanagain.com
Phone: (856)-765-1583
Fax: =
(856)-327-2242