25% of Cars Cause 90% of Automobile Air Pollution

Re:25% of Cars Cause 90% of Automobile Air Pollution by jchrisa on Thursday May 07, 2015 @10:38AM (#9505329)

This is why we should move from mandatory emissions checks on all vehicles, to spot checks of the worst vehicles (but we'd need to get the police excited to run a test.)

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Re:25% of Cars Cause 90% of Automobile Air Pollution by atom-morgan on Thursday May 07, 2015 @10:45AM (#9505387)

You'd have to get everyone excited to allow those tests to be run. If you're spot checking the worst vehicles that will more than likely lead to a large proportion of checks occurring in low-income areas.

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Re:25% of Cars Cause 90% of Automobile Air Pollution by teach on Thursday May 07, 2015 @11:12AM (#9505600)

I don't see why you couldn't do a red-light camera sort-of thing. Spot emissions testers at ground level along with a photo of the offending license plate.

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Re:25% of Cars Cause 90% of Automobile Air Pollution by ohitsdom on Thursday May 07, 2015 @12:21PM (#9506219)

This is my biggest concern with emissions tests- it disproportionately affects lower income people. Not sure how to get around that, other than offering subsidies for them to upgrade/repair to a more efficient vehicle.

But as others have said, there is better low hanging fruit to go after rather than older cars.

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