[hanamizu]

Just pay a $1000 surcharge.

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This is kind of how Japan gets older cars off of the road (and keep the Japanese car industry busy as well) Safety inspections. For the first years they are cheap and easy to pass, but as time goes on, they become more rigorous and expensive. After 10 years or so, it is unfeasible to keep an older car (unless it is a rare collectable). The used cars get sold in the 3rd world.

The same thing could be done here, except with ‘emission standards’. Can’t pass the standard, can’t register the car. Easy Peasy.

[fireman15]

The same thing could be done here, except with ‘emission standards’. Can’t pass the standard, can’t register the car. Easy Peasy.

I don't know where you live... they already do that here in the urban areas of the great Pacific Northwest.