• Motorcycles do not contribute enough pollution to warrant being included in a smog check program.
• Motorcycles, because of their comparative low mileage usage and much higher gas mileage than cars and trucks, already have the lowest emission total of any motor vehicle category.
• Motorcycle smog checks are an unnecessary intrusion into California riders’ lives.
• Motorcycle smog checks do not exist anywhere else in the country except in one county in Arizona, and they were eliminated in another Arizona county after it was proven that the program did not reduce emissions enough to continue the program.
• California motorcycle engine emission standards were lowered drastically in 2008 making California motorcycles already the cleanest in the nation.
• There is no evidence that motorcycles that have been modified for performance or gas economy reasons emit any more emissions than stock ones.
• If motorcycles have to be returned to stock condition, finding original parts for older bikes will be impossible because historically, not enough spare parts were made when they were manufactured.
• The cost to implement and conduct a motorcycle smog check program will cost California more than the value of the emissions it saves.
• The California Air Resources Board can find emission savings in other industries so that smog testing of motorcycles is not necessary.
• A smog check program for motorcycles will discourage new motorcycle purchases and encourage owners, who use their motorcycles infrequently, to stop using them.
• If a motorcycle smog check program is approved, all motorcycles must be exempted before the year of its inception, to prevent discriminating against owners of existing motorcycles. |
