Emission Sniffing Vans in NOVA
 

Just an FYI to all you folks out there running catless, I encountered an emission sniffing van on the I-95 North onramp from 123 on the way in to the office this morning.

'excuse me sir, did you have taco bell last night?'

gross. I hate those things.

What is an emission sniffing van and why should I be worried about it? What about people with HFC's, will they be an issue as well? I don't have one yet but will get one eventually.

Emission sniffing van? WTF :confused:

First time I hear of such a thing like that. The Republic of VA or MD must be getting worst by the minute. :shakes head:

Its a moble emissions testing center. Basically they set up at an acceleration point on a highway onramp and have some gas sensors and cameras. As your car passes through the setup it measures a sample of the gasses your car is releasing and if you are putting out too much bad stuff (I.e. test pipe cars) they snap a pic and then im not sure if they send you a ticket or require you to go to a testing center.

HFC cars should be ok, not 100% sure. Test pipe cars will fail. You can try to get around them by just coasting by at idle... preferably at a high enough speed that you don't give them a good sample.

I know Texas has them in areas, but they are pretty rare. This is the first one I have seen in VA.

How can you identify the vans? Do they have something written on them or do they just look like regular vans?

man next thing you know Pennsylvania will setup mobile window peeking vans to see if people masterbate.. cus thats actually illegal in PA...

everyone should move to Alaska. Sarah Palin said its a free State still.

wow this sucks... also i have test pipes installed :S.

Sarah Palin

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From a Google search:

http://www.deq.state.va.us/regulatio...otesensing.pdf

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Tony, the only good thing is that ZdayZ is under 100 days!!! :tup:

:excited: Yes, that is very true! :tup:

You'll know. They are white VDOT vans with equipment set up on both sides of the ramp. Usually there are some of the orange safety signs as you approach.