The vehicle is driven into Chattanooga and Hamilton County almost daily. I too have been a victim of this system on many occasions and in one instance, just had to finally sell a vehicle at a loss to someone I worked with in North Georgia, because they don't have to meet the requirement, even though they work in the same city and location as me. If there is one bright spot, the mechanics in Hamilton County are doing quite well I hear. Hopefully their tires will not be dry rotted by the time they are able to get this “Gremlin light” off. Amazingly, both vehicles are 2000 and newer models and had zero issues when it came to them having reliable transportation to and from work. Why, because the testing center informed them they were not road worthy in Hamilton County. I currently have one employee that is forced to ride his bike to work rain or shine and one that is forced to chase down buses daily as both their vehicles sit idle waiting to have the funds to fix the vehicle. Should common sense not prevail and at least test the 1996 and newer vehicles with the wand to get an accurate reading if they fail the diagnostic check just as a backup? Why are we trusting a “maybe” over an actual reading?
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I find it very strange that a 1985 dually gas burner that smokes like a cigar bar can pass the tailpipe wand test with check engine lights and warnings flashing like a disco ball, yet a 2008 Honda Accord will fail due to a light that says something may be wrong and needs a $800 plus electrical component that may or may be related to emissions. Should the true test not be at the tailpipe where the emissions are released as they do with vehicles prior to 1996. If the point of vehicle emission testing is truly to reduce emissions, then why would a “check engine light” be an automatic fail. If there are no EPA standards for Chattanooga, how can Hamilton County justify this? I traded it in on a new vehicle and still went farther into debt. I had a vehicle nine years ago that would have cost over $2,000 to fix so it would pass emissions testing.
If a check engine light is on for any reason, you automatically fail. But truth, logic and fairness have never had anything to do with this whole farce, and I guess most of us would rather quietly spend the $10 (now $9) rather than try to find truth and logic where there is none.
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crowd that put this annual burden on Hamilton County citizens, while all around us everyone else gets a free pass. Once again we need to be reminded of the original conditions and terms of agreement between local officials and the D.C. What it does not say is, "Georgia sources also significantly contribute to ground-level ozone pollution in Tennessee." The wind still blows in all directions, doesn't it? Currently, Tennessee sources also significantly contribute to ground-level ozone pollution in: Georgia."
The EPA website is really informative: "Because air emissions travel across state boundaries, reducing the emissions from sources in Tennessee also will reduce fine particle pollution and ground-level ozone pollution in other areas of the country. The Air Quality by City website also shows no date, but says the Chattanooga ozone level is 0.077 parts per million, "which fails to meet the national standard of 0.075 ppm." Somehow I suspect that our grievous excess, 2/75 of the allowable amount of ozone, is within the margin of error of the instruments making the measurements that condemn us. There is currently no air quality measurement or forecast taken by the EPA for your location." Well, if the EPA isn't keeping up with it, who is? The Weatherbug website shows no date, but says for Chattanooga, "We're sorry. I notice the test fee is now $9 rather than the original $10 does that mean we're getting closer to the 'standard,' and the whole setup is about to die a well-deserved death? Don't hold your breath. Today I haven't been able to find the sort of information I found last year, and I suppose the federal standards may be even tighter than they were a year ago for whatever reason, we still have to go through vehicle emissions testing. When I searched online for such information last year, various sources stated that Chattanooga was then within compliance with federal standards-but somehow we still had vehicle emissions testing.
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