OT: Got stopped in RB by a cop today to do an “environmental study”

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I’ve actually heard of those before (never actually seen one) in either LA or SD where the police would set up a roadside smog check and randomly pull over cars that appeared to be “illegally modified”. Then they would pop your hood and do a smog check on your car to verify that everything was legit.

That was probably close to 5 years ago when SD had a major street racing scene. Now that the scene is dead I haven’t heard of that happening anymore. Would be interesting to know if they are starting to do that again.

Did the other cars in line appear to be modified or stock?

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[quote=Aecetia] Did they ask you for your papers, flu?[/quote]

heh heh.

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[quote=Aecetia] Did they ask you for your papers, flu?[/quote]

heh heh.

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[quote=Aecetia] Did they ask you for your papers, flu?[/quote]

heh heh.

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[quote=Aecetia] Did they ask you for your papers, flu?[/quote]

heh heh.

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[quote=Aecetia] Did they ask you for your papers, flu?[/quote]

heh heh.

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[quote=SmellsFeeshy]
Did the other cars in line appear to be modified or stock?[/quote]

Um, modified? No….

Toyota corolla, Toyota camry, and maybe a Honda accord. Come to think about it, I think all of them were driven by some asian dude (not the kind that would modify a car, but some of those that drive those cars to the ground and work at a 9-5job enginerd job if you know what I mean). It’s probably coincidental, since the area around there has a bunch of tech firms…But then again, I’m pretty sure most asian immigrants wouldn’t argue for getting stopped by a copper for whatever reasons.(I guess when it came to me, they bugged the wrong guy). I just thought this was very unusual for a cop to be asking people to pull over to do what presumably should have been a voluntary “test”.

After first, I thought the cop wanted to pull me over for not having a front license plate, but he didn’t care about that. Go figure.

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[quote=SmellsFeeshy]
Did the other cars in line appear to be modified or stock?[/quote]

Um, modified? No….

Toyota corolla, Toyota camry, and maybe a Honda accord. Come to think about it, I think all of them were driven by some asian dude (not the kind that would modify a car, but some of those that drive those cars to the ground and work at a 9-5job enginerd job if you know what I mean). It’s probably coincidental, since the area around there has a bunch of tech firms…But then again, I’m pretty sure most asian immigrants wouldn’t argue for getting stopped by a copper for whatever reasons.(I guess when it came to me, they bugged the wrong guy). I just thought this was very unusual for a cop to be asking people to pull over to do what presumably should have been a voluntary “test”.

After first, I thought the cop wanted to pull me over for not having a front license plate, but he didn’t care about that. Go figure.

[Coronita]

[quote=SmellsFeeshy]
Did the other cars in line appear to be modified or stock?[/quote]

Um, modified? No….

Toyota corolla, Toyota camry, and maybe a Honda accord. Come to think about it, I think all of them were driven by some asian dude (not the kind that would modify a car, but some of those that drive those cars to the ground and work at a 9-5job enginerd job if you know what I mean). It’s probably coincidental, since the area around there has a bunch of tech firms…But then again, I’m pretty sure most asian immigrants wouldn’t argue for getting stopped by a copper for whatever reasons.(I guess when it came to me, they bugged the wrong guy). I just thought this was very unusual for a cop to be asking people to pull over to do what presumably should have been a voluntary “test”.

After first, I thought the cop wanted to pull me over for not having a front license plate, but he didn’t care about that. Go figure.

[Coronita]

[quote=SmellsFeeshy]
Did the other cars in line appear to be modified or stock?[/quote]

Um, modified? No….

Toyota corolla, Toyota camry, and maybe a Honda accord. Come to think about it, I think all of them were driven by some asian dude (not the kind that would modify a car, but some of those that drive those cars to the ground and work at a 9-5job enginerd job if you know what I mean). It’s probably coincidental, since the area around there has a bunch of tech firms…But then again, I’m pretty sure most asian immigrants wouldn’t argue for getting stopped by a copper for whatever reasons.(I guess when it came to me, they bugged the wrong guy). I just thought this was very unusual for a cop to be asking people to pull over to do what presumably should have been a voluntary “test”.

After first, I thought the cop wanted to pull me over for not having a front license plate, but he didn’t care about that. Go figure.

[Coronita]

[quote=SmellsFeeshy]
Did the other cars in line appear to be modified or stock?[/quote]

Um, modified? No….

Toyota corolla, Toyota camry, and maybe a Honda accord. Come to think about it, I think all of them were driven by some asian dude (not the kind that would modify a car, but some of those that drive those cars to the ground and work at a 9-5job enginerd job if you know what I mean). It’s probably coincidental, since the area around there has a bunch of tech firms…But then again, I’m pretty sure most asian immigrants wouldn’t argue for getting stopped by a copper for whatever reasons.(I guess when it came to me, they bugged the wrong guy). I just thought this was very unusual for a cop to be asking people to pull over to do what presumably should have been a voluntary “test”.

After first, I thought the cop wanted to pull me over for not having a front license plate, but he didn’t care about that. Go figure.

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[quote=Russell]Maybe they’re trying to do a sting, or at least QC test, on Smog Check places to see if these roadside results line up with recent smog test results sent to the DMV?[/quote]

Kinda hard to prove it was the shop’s fault if it doesn’t match up. For instance, I could have had a cat on the car going into the shop and taken the cat off after passing. (not that I would do that).

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[quote=Russell]Maybe they’re trying to do a sting, or at least QC test, on Smog Check places to see if these roadside results line up with recent smog test results sent to the DMV?[/quote]

Kinda hard to prove it was the shop’s fault if it doesn’t match up. For instance, I could have had a cat on the car going into the shop and taken the cat off after passing. (not that I would do that).

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[quote=Russell]Maybe they’re trying to do a sting, or at least QC test, on Smog Check places to see if these roadside results line up with recent smog test results sent to the DMV?[/quote]

Kinda hard to prove it was the shop’s fault if it doesn’t match up. For instance, I could have had a cat on the car going into the shop and taken the cat off after passing. (not that I would do that).

[Coronita]

[quote=Russell]Maybe they’re trying to do a sting, or at least QC test, on Smog Check places to see if these roadside results line up with recent smog test results sent to the DMV?[/quote]

Kinda hard to prove it was the shop’s fault if it doesn’t match up. For instance, I could have had a cat on the car going into the shop and taken the cat off after passing. (not that I would do that).

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