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Duke,
As I understand, Assembly approval of the Senate amendments means that the bill would automatically go the Governor. Here's a copy of my email to the Governor:
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger,
I urge you to veto AB 2683.
AB 2683 eliminates the rolling exemption to smog checks for vehicles 30 years or older. That exemption was established by SB 42 in 1997.
The URL below contains a cartoon which expresses my feelings concerning AB 2683:
http//img64.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img64&image=AB2683Red.jpg
The point of my cartoon is that the regulatory agencies seem to be spending their time picking on the least polluters, the least in number, and the one's with the least clout. Why don't they spend their time taking on some bigger issues, the trucks coming across the border, the diesels, and the many other larger sources of air pollution in California. Maybe start from the top down, instead of from the bottom up.
In a practical sense, just how many 30 year old cars do you see on the road today? If you see one, it's more then likely a Classic car. I am a Classic car owner, and I know that I drive that car much less than my everyday car, It is also maintained, like many Classic cars, much better then the everyday car. Like many Classic car owners, I spend more time tuning it, and bringing it back to factory specs, then driving it.
I think you ought to demand the numbers from the proponents of the actual number of vehicles registered over 30 years old versus all vehicles registered, and then realize that the classics are driven less miles per year and are better maintained. I think your own analysts will find, in reviewing the proponents unchallenged figures, that the amount of pollution from cars over 30 years old is minuscule compared to the total sources of air pollution in California.
And then again, what does eliminating an exemption to smog checks, really have to do with reducing air pollution. Eliminating the exemption will simply insure that the State Regulatory Agencies will have an expanding list and class of vehicles to regulate.
I guess it’s the old California regulatory cycle: “More Money=More Regulators=More Regulations=More Money”. Please Veto AB 2683, and take one of many small steps in breaking this regulatory cycle.
Best Wishes,
Gerard J. Fuccillo, Civil Engineer
GJF Engineering
Sonora, California
I'm not sure the cartoon got across.
Jerry Fuccillo
#42179
As I understand, Assembly approval of the Senate amendments means that the bill would automatically go the Governor. Here's a copy of my email to the Governor:
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger,
I urge you to veto AB 2683.
AB 2683 eliminates the rolling exemption to smog checks for vehicles 30 years or older. That exemption was established by SB 42 in 1997.
The URL below contains a cartoon which expresses my feelings concerning AB 2683:
http//img64.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img64&image=AB2683Red.jpg
The point of my cartoon is that the regulatory agencies seem to be spending their time picking on the least polluters, the least in number, and the one's with the least clout. Why don't they spend their time taking on some bigger issues, the trucks coming across the border, the diesels, and the many other larger sources of air pollution in California. Maybe start from the top down, instead of from the bottom up.
In a practical sense, just how many 30 year old cars do you see on the road today? If you see one, it's more then likely a Classic car. I am a Classic car owner, and I know that I drive that car much less than my everyday car, It is also maintained, like many Classic cars, much better then the everyday car. Like many Classic car owners, I spend more time tuning it, and bringing it back to factory specs, then driving it.
I think you ought to demand the numbers from the proponents of the actual number of vehicles registered over 30 years old versus all vehicles registered, and then realize that the classics are driven less miles per year and are better maintained. I think your own analysts will find, in reviewing the proponents unchallenged figures, that the amount of pollution from cars over 30 years old is minuscule compared to the total sources of air pollution in California.
And then again, what does eliminating an exemption to smog checks, really have to do with reducing air pollution. Eliminating the exemption will simply insure that the State Regulatory Agencies will have an expanding list and class of vehicles to regulate.
I guess it’s the old California regulatory cycle: “More Money=More Regulators=More Regulations=More Money”. Please Veto AB 2683, and take one of many small steps in breaking this regulatory cycle.
Best Wishes,
Gerard J. Fuccillo, Civil Engineer
GJF Engineering
Sonora, California
I'm not sure the cartoon got across.
Jerry Fuccillo
#42179
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