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Originally Posted by extrashaky
That's the whole point. In many other states you simply don't have to worry about it.
Non-Californians call that freedom.
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Don't have to worry? Or is it just a simple matter of cops not enforcing the law?
I can't think of a single state that allows you to blatantly modify whatever you want in the engine bay. Just because there's no inspection doesn't mean it is legal.
You guys also don't have to worry about a landscape that contributes to some of the worst smog problems in the US.
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Originally Posted by Jaden
It's not fair at all if you understand how our judicial system is supposed to work.
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I do understand it.
I got one ticket that I fixed because of modified emissions (non-CARB legal header).
I got one ticket that was dismissed because the officer applied the wrong provision. On the second ticket, they did not write me up for the first infraction, but rather wrote up the "do not drive until it's fixed" provision. This one was applied in error.
There is no passing judgment in my case, and I really still think the law is written clearly:
Get modified emissions ticket, get it fixed or written off.
If you get pulled over again without getting the first ticket fixed or written off, you will get a different ticket.
The officer wasn't tripping, they were enforcing the VC exactly as it was written. Nowhere in the VC requires a conviction to trigger VC27156(f) to apply... so no one is tripping here.
-alex