On Friday, Newsom signed Senate Bill 210, which requires the California Air Resources Board to set up a pilot program over the next two years and after that put rules in place for truck smog checks.
The new law applies to trucks that weigh more than 14,000 pounds. That includes delivery trucks, dump trucks,18-wheel tractor trailers, tanker trucks, farm trucks and others. The law does not include buses.
And under landmark rules finalized several years ago, the board required that by 2023, only trucks that are model 2010 or newer can be driven on California roads. That rule was required because older trucks pollute far more than newer trucks, but it was fought vociferously by the trucking industry.
Nothing in the news article mentions trucks coming in from Mexico. So, as long as it belongs below the border, no one in California govt gives a shit if it's polluting, or has a drivers license, registration, insurance, etc
https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/09/20/smog-checks-required-for-big-trucks-under-new-law-signed-by-newsom/
http://knuckledraggin.com/2019/09/how-to-kill-an-industry-with-the-stroke-of-a-pen/
The new law applies to trucks that weigh more than 14,000 pounds. That includes delivery trucks, dump trucks,18-wheel tractor trailers, tanker trucks, farm trucks and others. The law does not include buses.
And under landmark rules finalized several years ago, the board required that by 2023, only trucks that are model 2010 or newer can be driven on California roads. That rule was required because older trucks pollute far more than newer trucks, but it was fought vociferously by the trucking industry.
Nothing in the news article mentions trucks coming in from Mexico. So, as long as it belongs below the border, no one in California govt gives a shit if it's polluting, or has a drivers license, registration, insurance, etc
https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/09/20/smog-checks-required-for-big-trucks-under-new-law-signed-by-newsom/
http://knuckledraggin.com/2019/09/how-to-kill-an-industry-with-the-stroke-of-a-pen/
wont be long they will do the same with cars.
ReplyDeletebeyond a certain age wont be allowed.
land of the free, home of the commie.
Busses are exempt?
of course they exempted themselves from the test!
the trucking industry fought it because its mostly a money grab, most trucking companies get rid of the trucks when the warranty expires and the tax depreciation runs out, then you will be paying for the repairs and paying income taxes on the profit the truck makes, its cheaper to replace it with a new rig.
the new trucks are garbage, they use MORE fuel than the old ones and break down all the time and the repairs are very expensive.
The EGR and DEF and particulate filters are very trouble prone, all the independent truckers I know, either use old trucks without thie garbage on them, or they disable and bypass it.
I disagree about cars of a certain age not being allowed on the road, the oldest ones simply can't be on interstates already, as they can't drive fast enough. But, anything that can maintain min speed is allowed, and I doubt anyone will have some agenda to keep the very very few that want to be on the public roads, prohibited from further road use.
DeleteSure, it's mostly a money grab, but, if the smog check was free, then I think they would prove to you that there is a LOT of polluting rigs.
That ain't good. Sure, it might not be much more than the current regulations allow, but, there are a LOT of rigs rolling all day, every day, and as far as I'm concerned, pollution ain't good, and can't be cleaned out of the air, or water, or out of the fish, farm fields, etc.
Sure, most of the trouble is caused by garbage parts, made in China, which break too fast, and ain't nearly as well engineered as they should be.
Trouble is, no one is creating a business that makes GREAT trucks, or parts, to try and get that market share.