Yeh.....and let's not forget the *** enders caused by rubber neckers, and the just - plain - traffic slowdowns that all of us have to pay for. So here's a "green" question fer ya?
While the smog nazis are stoppin ONE car to try and find some obscure violation, some small percentage of smog it's producing, I wonder how much ADDITIONAL pollutants are caused by the bumper to bumper traffic surrounding these tie-- ups, and I'd bet they run some sort of generator to provide power for the test equipment.
so just how effective are these in actually accomplishing anything?