Beware of CHP Smog Check CheckPoints
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"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
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Like it was said before, if your up to date with your vehicle inspections then you have nothing to worry about. Unless your modified, but then again we know what we're getting into when we modify our Z's. Im guilty of that. You take the risk of getting a ticket. Oh well. You can always go stock.. The Cops are only doing their job and when it comes to check points, it comes from thery higher up's. So I dont blame them.
Besides, the judge will not care about what you think regarding these check points or if you try to fight a ticket that you got. If its in the Penal/Vehicle code book and you disobeyed that law, chances are you'll lose the case almost 100% of the time. So its not even worth complainting about this topic, 'you' vs 'the law', yeah right, good luck.. Its the price we pay to live in this great country...
Besides, the judge will not care about what you think regarding these check points or if you try to fight a ticket that you got. If its in the Penal/Vehicle code book and you disobeyed that law, chances are you'll lose the case almost 100% of the time. So its not even worth complainting about this topic, 'you' vs 'the law', yeah right, good luck.. Its the price we pay to live in this great country...
for us asian Z drivers, we'll most likely get picked over everyone else since "we are driving while asian" according to pigs. That sucks that the ck point was so close to me. I'm glad I didnt run into that.
as far as getting a ticket for being to low, i'd rather get a ticket for that then a fat fine for not passing smog. lol.
Even though ppl are complaining, i agree that this was a waste of ppl's time and an inconvience to those who were late to work or whatever bkuz of this dumb ck point.
to each his own.
as far as getting a ticket for being to low, i'd rather get a ticket for that then a fat fine for not passing smog. lol.
Even though ppl are complaining, i agree that this was a waste of ppl's time and an inconvience to those who were late to work or whatever bkuz of this dumb ck point.
to each his own.
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I do not agree with the C.A.R.B. laws in California. I'm all for clean air but to ticket people for mods that may help that/those particular vehicle(s) run cleaner and more fuel efficient is just unintelligent.
They used to measure from the bottom of the headlights to the ground when I had a slammed integra. I failed that one too.
Yeah because I would rather have drunks two to three times the legal limit driving on my street. You do not know what search and seizure is either.
Like it was said before, if your up to date with your vehicle inspections then you have nothing to worry about. Unless your modified, but then again we know what we're getting into when we modify our Z's. Im guilty of that. You take the risk of getting a ticket. Oh well. You can always go stock.. The Cops are only doing their job and when it comes to check points, it comes from thery higher up's. So I dont blame them.
Besides, the judge will not care about what you think regarding these check points or if you try to fight a ticket that you got. If its in the Penal/Vehicle code book and you disobeyed that law, chances are you'll lose the case almost 100% of the time. So its not even worth complainting about this topic, 'you' vs 'the law', yeah right, good luck.. Its the price we pay to live in this great country...
Besides, the judge will not care about what you think regarding these check points or if you try to fight a ticket that you got. If its in the Penal/Vehicle code book and you disobeyed that law, chances are you'll lose the case almost 100% of the time. So its not even worth complainting about this topic, 'you' vs 'the law', yeah right, good luck.. Its the price we pay to live in this great country...
for us asian Z drivers, we'll most likely get picked over everyone else since "we are driving while asian" according to pigs. That sucks that the ck point was so close to me. I'm glad I didnt run into that.
as far as getting a ticket for being to low, i'd rather get a ticket for that then a fat fine for not passing smog. lol.
Even though ppl are complaining, i agree that this was a waste of ppl's time and an inconvience to those who were late to work or whatever bkuz of this dumb ck point.
to each his own.
as far as getting a ticket for being to low, i'd rather get a ticket for that then a fat fine for not passing smog. lol.
Even though ppl are complaining, i agree that this was a waste of ppl's time and an inconvience to those who were late to work or whatever bkuz of this dumb ck point.
to each his own.
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Last edited by Lee R; Dec 30, 2009 at 04:44 PM.
Impromptu smog checks are BS, like most of the other POS CARB laws.You must be a fcukin cop!!
Last edited by PikesPeakZ; Dec 30, 2009 at 06:58 PM.
What about your second post? LOL! What does that mean?!?! LOL! You don't make sense....or shall I say cents because you seemed to miss this as well. 
I'm not a cop but I'm damn sure to know what is legal or not when it comes to getting pulled over. You should do the same.
I'm not a cop but I'm damn sure to know what is legal or not when it comes to getting pulled over. You should do the same.
