This aint right is it?

No joke. We have the same kinda thing here in California. My dad was driving his 1971 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia and it has an oil leak from his push rod tubes that drips onto his exhaust, so driving down the freeway he leaves a smoke trail. He only drives the car when necessary - when either his daily driver (a 2004 Dakota) or my mom's van is down for repairs. One day he got a letter from CARB (California Air Resources Board) where they got a report of his car smoking and wanted to know what he will do to repair it. I told him to get a small piece of gasket material for less than $5 and send them the receipt - if he wanted to respond at all. There is nothing they can do legally (yet) to force a repair, but they will try to do everything they can to "encourage" you to repair the trouble.
The fun times in which we live.