Re: SEMA Note

From: Andy Levy (andylevy@bigfoot.com)
Date: Tue May 01 2001 - 16:49:41 EDT


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Andy Levy wrote:

> OK Miggity Mike, here's your change to strike back at The Man.
>
> Richard A Pyburn wrote:
>
> > I got this e-mail from SEMA today, in case anyone is interested:
> >
> > More and more, SEMA hears about people being "turned in" to authorities
> > because they violated the law by changing their oil in the driveway
> > rather
> > than at the local gas station or because a nosy neighbor peered over
> > their
> > privacy fence and reported them to zoning officials for having a project
> > car
> > in their backyard.
> >
> > Other folks point to being pulled over (and sometimes ticketed) for silly
> > reasons, including, but not limited to, the following:
> >
> > Street rodders pulled over for "unsafe" blue-dot taillights or for having
> > "non-stock" parts on a customized vehicle.
> >
> > Antique cars owners ticketed for not wearing seatbelts when the car was
> > never originally equipped with them.
> >
> > Import-performance rides pulled over and cited because they simply have a
> > modified exhaust or it "sounds too loud."
> >
> > Lowriders ticketed for using hydraulics at a designated car show (not
> > while
> > driving).
> >
> > Lifted 4x4 owners pulled over and cited because, "Man, that thing is just
> > TOO tall."
> >
> > Garage owners who were forced out of business because of overzealous
> > government regulation.
> >
> > The automotive hobby, from street rods to lifted 4x4's and every vehicle
> > type in-between, is subject to a nationwide hodge-podge of silly laws,
> > weird
> > regulations and chaotic enforcement . And it seems everybody has a story
> > to
> > tell about their experiences.
> >
> > We want to hear these stories! Write to SEMA with your experiences,
> > tales
> > of woe, accounts of silliness and narratives of the bizarre. We'll do
> > our
> > part by publishing them in a semi-regular column in the Driving Force
> > called
> > "Can You Believe?!"
> >
> > Perhaps by publicizing the ridiculous lengths the government will go
> > through
> > to harass, restrict and confuse hobbyists, we can inject a little common
> > sense into how vehicle laws (and vehicle hobbyist laws) are developed and
> > enforced.
> >
> > Submit stories, pictures, documentary evidence, etc. to the following:
> >
> > Can You Believe?!
> > Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA)
> > 1317 F Street, NW, Suite 500
> > Washington, DC 20004
> > 202-783-6024 (fax)
> > brianc@sema.org
> >
> >
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