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Originally Posted by California98Civic
California does not do safety inspections. It only does smog. I hate the emissions tests, but I know what they are for. Millions lived in areas where they were routinely warned to stay in their homes because breathing could be dangerous. Here's LA City Hall on just one such day in 1948 (before the mega freeway boom):
Here's Elisian Park in 1980:
I first visited LA on a smoggy day in 1994. My eyes burned. Even as dramatically improved as things are from their low in the 1960s/1970s CA still has most of the smoggiest cities in the country.
I sometimes wish I didn't live here. Haha.
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LA geography doesn't help either, as the mountains tend to prevent smog from dispersing.
Washington state has emissions testing, but we are somewhat oxymoronic about it. New cars must meet California's stringent emissions requirements and we have to test every other year... but OBD2 cars just get a scan, and anything 25 years old or more gets a pass. Those few cars that do get tested only get checked for CO and unburnt HCs. NOx emissions is ignored entirely.
Now they have stopped checks on anything newer than 2008, so in another 20 years nothing will be checked. Motorcycles, certain hybrids, and most diesels are also exempt.