Ray From Cleveland
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The EPA did not require that Ohio use emission testing to reduce air pollution. The state decided that. Their are 19 states that did not propose emission testing but instead included other means of meeting air quality standards. Ohio could have done the same by proposing alternatives that would meet the state air pollution reduction goal. In fact, the state can alter their plan at any time.Yet never a concern about the poor people when they had their cigarettes taxed by Obama, or their increased costs for fuel, or environmental regulations that made their products more expensive.
That's not part of owning a vehicle. It's part of an overbearing federal government.
Do, we should have no regulations on vehicles.
Let people run them without brakes or any emission nooooooooooo because that wopuld be governmdnt interference.
Emission testing is ridiculous. Any vehicle made in the last 15 years has all kinds of pollution crap on it already. Any truck manufactured in the last five the same.
It's nothing but bureaucracies increasing the size of government and accomplishing nothing at the same time, just like here in Cleveland. It's a huge waste of money; money that can be used for more productive things.
So, we should just trust people & corporations because no one would every disconnect shit or parts never fail.
Oh please. I knew people who failed because their gas cap didn't close 100% tight. And what could you disconnect that would help you in any way?
If you were trying to get rid of grubs in your lawn, and every year you used fertilizer with grub control, and after ten years, you still had grubs, would you continue to waste your money on it? Of course not. It's not doing what it was supposed to do.
Well that's exactly what happened here. So what did the EPA say about it? We had to continue the program.
In January 1996, the State of Ohio began a new vehicle emissions testing program, E-Check, designed to identify motor vehicles that emit excessive levels of pollutants into the air. Among the other emissions control options considered by the legislature, E-Check was the most cost-efficient measure to reduce the volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that form ground-level ozone, or smog. The program currently tests cars in seven Ohio counties.
At the time it was implemented, E-Check used the I/M 240 test, a 240-second transient test during which a vehicle is driven on a dyne (treadmill) and its tailpipe emissions are measured. In 2000, the I/M 240 test was replaced with Acceleration Simulation Mode (ASM) 2525. ASM 2525 is similar to I/M 240 but is perceived to be less stressful on the vehicle. Testing programs, like E-Check, that employ one or more of these tests are referred to by U.S. EPA as "enhanced" programs.
In January 2004, a new, federally mandated test known as On-Board Diagnostics (OBD II) was implemented. OBD II is required for newer vehicles, while ASM 2525 is still used for older vehicles. For more information on OBD II click here.
https://epa.ohio.gov/dapc/echeck/whyecheck/ohio_echeck