Beware of CHP Smog Check CheckPoints
#46
12-29-2009, 03:02 AM
"Roadside Inspection--Smog Control Stickers
2814. Every driver of a passenger vehicle shall stop and submit the vehicle to an inspection of the mechanical condition and equipment of the vehicle at any location where members of the California Highway Patrol are conducting tests and inspections of passenger vehicles and when signs are displayed requiring such stop.
The Commissioner of the California Highway Patrol may make and enforce regulations with respect to the issuance of stickers or other devices to be displayed upon passenger vehicles as evidence that the vehicles have been inspected and have been found to be in safe mechanical condition and equipped as required by this code and equipped with certified motor vehicle pollution control devices as required by Part 5 (commencing with Section 43000) of Division 26 of the Health and Safety Code which are correctly installed and in operating condition. Any sticker so issued shall be placed on the windshield within a seven-inch square as provided in Section 26708.
If, upon such an inspection of a passenger vehicle, it is found to be in unsafe mechanical condition or not equipped as required by this code and the provisions of Part 5 (commencing with Section 43000) of Division 26 of the Health and Safety Code, the provisions of Article 2 (commencing with Section 40150) of Chapter 1 of Division 17 of this code, shall apply.
The provisions of this section relating to motor vehicle pollution control devices apply to vehicles of the United States or its agencies, to the extent authorized by federal law.
Vehicle and Equipment Inspection
2806. Any regularly employed and salaried police officer or deputy sheriff, or any reserve police officer or reserve deputy sheriff listed in Section 830.6 of the Penal Code, having reasonable cause to believe that any vehicle or combination of vehicles is not equipped as required by this code or is in any unsafe condition as to endanger any person, may require the driver to stop and submit the vehicle or combination of vehicles to an inspection and those tests as may be appropriate to determine the safety to persons and compliance with the code.
Amended Sec. 5, Ch. 292, Stats. 2003. Effective January 1, 2004
#47
12-29-2009, 03:32 AM
I thought I remembered that. I'm here visiting my grandparents for the holidays. I usually make it over here 1-2 times a year. Around the holidays my family and I usually make the drive from Sacramento CA to El Paso (1200 miles or so).
Thanks for the heads up.
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12-29-2009, 06:29 PM
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#51
12-29-2009, 08:47 PM
. Probably just give you a ticket for being too low....
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12-29-2009, 11:51 PM
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#56
12-30-2009, 01:02 AM
I'm not in my car, that would be insane. Even with the sport front I only have 3.5-4 inches clearance, and the ride is stiff. We drove our Toyota Sequoia out here because we need space for six and their luggage. We're leaving sometime tomorrow afternoon, but maybe I'll hit you up when we make the trip out the next time.
#57
12-30-2009, 01:28 AM
I'm not in my car, that would be insane. Even with the sport front I only have 3.5-4 inches clearance, and the ride is stiff. We drove our Toyota Sequoia out here because we need space for six and their luggage. We're leaving sometime tomorrow afternoon, but maybe I'll hit you up when we make the trip out the next time.
#58
12-30-2009, 03:40 AM
They place these check points in places where it is hard to avoid once your upon them.
A couple of months ago my wife came upon one just around the corner from our house on her way to work in the morning. They asked her to pull over so they could do a check. She calls me up to ask what to do, I told her don't worry,the Vortech is CARB legal and it will pass the smog check no problem since it did pass just a couple of months earlier. She told them she didnt have time because she did'nt want to be late for work. I guess since the car is low they didn't want to bother with it either and let her go.
"Too Low" = 24" of center of head light to ground.
A couple of months ago my wife came upon one just around the corner from our house on her way to work in the morning. They asked her to pull over so they could do a check. She calls me up to ask what to do, I told her don't worry,the Vortech is CARB legal and it will pass the smog check no problem since it did pass just a couple of months earlier. She told them she didnt have time because she did'nt want to be late for work. I guess since the car is low they didn't want to bother with it either and let her go.
"Too Low" = 24" of center of head light to ground.
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