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California Regulates Tire Pressure (no joke)
California.gov ^ | 09/06/2010

Posted on 09/08/2010 5:22:25 AM PDT by EBH

Link is to the pdf final regulation.

Take your vehicle in for repair, ...

they are required to complete the tire air inspection.

Sure you can decline, but have to either provide proof it was done in the last 30 days or promise to have it done in a week.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; US: California
KEYWORDS: ab32; callegislation; carb; lping; tirepressure
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And the service provider has to keep these records for 3 years on your vehicle. Can't wait for the database set-up on this one.

Decline and then try to sell your car later...

1 posted on 09/08/2010 5:22:26 AM PDT by EBH
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To: EBH

If it wasn’t amended, you get cited for incorrect pressure based on the repair shop’s readings.


2 posted on 09/08/2010 5:24:34 AM PDT by SCalGal (Friends don't let friends donate to H$U$ or PETA.)
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coming soon, keeping records on how many times you took a $hit.

How many times you got laid
How much laundry you did
How many breathes of air you consumed.

3 posted on 09/08/2010 5:28:10 AM PDT by bikerman (Obama lied pelicans died)
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To: EBH

Another make-work position for a government bureaucrat........


4 posted on 09/08/2010 5:32:13 AM PDT by Sarajevo (You're jealous because the voices only talk to me.)
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” coming soon, keeping records on how many times you took a $hit.
How many times you got laid
How much laundry you did
How many breathes of air you consumed.”

.. I think MD already taxes all of them


5 posted on 09/08/2010 5:32:43 AM PDT by SF_Redux
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How many times you got laid

That would be a pretty thin file for me these days...

6 posted on 09/08/2010 5:32:51 AM PDT by neodad (USS Vincennes (CG 49) "Freedom's Fortress")
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Well, there is an out clause (sort of), Article 3(b):

The check is NOT required if the tires are deemed to be unsafe.

How is that government efficiency? They will send you back on the road with bald tires onto an occassionally wet, oil slicked highway, but let's make sure you are not adding to your carbon footprint!

7 posted on 09/08/2010 5:33:51 AM PDT by Michael.SF. (Even Hitler had Government run health care, but at least he got the Olympics for Germany)
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Who decides what the "correct" tire pressure is? The tire manufacturer has an idea, based on tire construction and intended load. The vehicle manufacturer has an idea, based on desired ride characteristics. A savy driver may want to make adjustments based on driving style.

Then toss in the transients. Ambient air temperature changes change tire pressure. Tires heat up under high speed driving, changing tire pressure. Pressure is relative, it'll read one thing at sea level, another when you drive up into the mountains. Beach driving or other soft-surface (mud) often requires you to lower tire pressure to increase contact patch size. Tire and vehicle manufacturers recommendations are based on average loading, light or heavy vehicle loading may require adjustments for optimal performance.

So, after all that, some big-government bureaucrat is going to try to tell me, and Joe down at the service station what the right tire pressure is? And just how well calibrated is Joe's gauge? Hey, I know, lets create more regulation and bureaucracy related to the gauges, more un-paid work for Joe...yeah, that'll help the economy.

8 posted on 09/08/2010 5:34:47 AM PDT by ThunderSleeps (obama out now! I'll keep my money, my guns, and my freedom - you can keep the change.)
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Wait a minute - isn’t this what 0 proposed - that we were to do this for better gas mileage?


9 posted on 09/08/2010 5:34:54 AM PDT by Joann37
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So now it's not enough for the driver to keep a pressure gauge and monitor his/her own tire pressure. The pressure has to be certified by a qualified government stooge.
10 posted on 09/08/2010 5:35:40 AM PDT by The_Victor (If all I want is a warm feeling, I should just wet my pants.)
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2 Nov. 2010 - Voters “regulate” California government.


11 posted on 09/08/2010 5:36:49 AM PDT by G Larry (I'd rather see the voters write off Obama!)
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WE ARE NOW ENERGY INDEPENDENT. PARTY TIME!


12 posted on 09/08/2010 5:37:57 AM PDT by ryan71 (Let's Roll!)
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This state needs to go on a low-CARB diet.
13 posted on 09/08/2010 5:39:40 AM PDT by Carry_Okie (The RINOcrat Party is still in charge. There has never been a conservative American government.)
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I have bad news people, new vehicles with an on board air pressure monitoring system can beam a signal to a freeway data acquisition box with your ID and you may get a fine if you are driving on under inflated tires.

Not a joke or a conspiracy, most new vehicles have this, all it takes is the go ahead from the Feds or the state to get a signal from your Onstar or such. You may not even have to drive the vehicle, you get a fine for it before it leaves your driveway, after a warning.


14 posted on 09/08/2010 5:40:57 AM PDT by Eye of Unk ("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act" G.Orwell)
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Wait a minute - isn’t this what 0 proposed - that we were to do this for better gas mileage?

Yup.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzZNP4tTfV0

"But we could save all the oil they're talking about getting off drilling if everyone was just inflating their tires."

15 posted on 09/08/2010 5:41:42 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: bikerman

They will be installing meters that can check on all those things from satellites in space. You WILL be getting a visit soon.


16 posted on 09/08/2010 5:43:12 AM PDT by Past Your Eyes (Some people are too stupid to be ashamed.)
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CA should just get it over with and assign every household and business a State Nanny to watch over every move, ensure compliance with every regulation and submit all of the applicable reports to the appropriate Cheif Nanny agencies.


17 posted on 09/08/2010 5:44:37 AM PDT by Nickname
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When are Californians going to wake up, and say “NO!” to nanny-state tyranny?


18 posted on 09/08/2010 5:44:43 AM PDT by AnalogReigns
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coming soon, keeping records on how many times you got laid, how many times you took a $hit....

Because then they've got you coming and going.

19 posted on 09/08/2010 5:45:13 AM PDT by Lazamataz ("We beat the Soviet Union, then we became them." Lazamataz, 2005)
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“How many times you got laid, how much laundry you did, how many breathes of air you consumed”.... You mean AT THE SAME TIME?!!!


20 posted on 09/08/2010 5:45:50 AM PDT by momtothree
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