WA Roadside emissions test in Cottesloe

[MattyT]

First read this: Checking out on the road how much your car pollutes - ABC Perth - Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Ok. Now who wants to do a drive by sometime and see what we get? Purely for the lulz!

[gareth_oau]

apparenty it takes a photo of your number plate, so it can correlate emissions with car/engine details (and then ultimately work out where to post a fine?)

[Lonewolf1983]

they're not used for fines, just part of a "green" initiative.
FYI I went past one in my tuned R32 skyline (without a cat converter), and got an "emissions ok!" message

[gareth_oau]

LOL Lonewolf, not fining now perhaps, but the technology is there, and dont government just love revenue raising fines!!!

[WhO]

Just back off as you go through it, if your off the throttle coasting in gear you'll theoretically have no emissions as no fuel mixture is being ignited

[Lonewolf1983]

LOL Lonewolf, not fining now perhaps, but the technology is there, and dont government just love revenue raising fines!!!

They sure do, its just a lot harder to enforce something like that.
For example you could claim a dog farted as you drove past and hence the results are null.
Much harder to prove that you are guilty, unlike with a high precision laser trap etc.

[gareth_oau]

OT, but ADRs allow for a tolerance in speedo accuracy, and tyre wear can affect speedo accuracy by 3-5kph between new and worn/legal.

But this hasnt stopped the Victorian government from fining people for 2-3kph speeding infringements

[MattyT]

Talk if fines etc is totally not why I posted this up. I want to - for ****s n giggles - drive past in my vr6 and see how good/bad it is at chucking out bad gasses.

The pessimist in me thinks it'll be terrible. But if a modded R32 can get an OK i'm in with a chance!