I have a friend that has to change his oil in his garage with the
doors closed. And even then he has to "keep quiet" about it.
Ridiculous. And a while back a DML'er posted that they couldn't
wash their car in the driveway! Supposedly the soaps would harm the
delicate sewer or something....
--Mike
www.mikesdakota.com
> The government is just getting way out of hand. Next thing they'll do is
> restrict our right to own firearms. Oh forgot, they are already!
> ...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...
> WTF?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard A Pyburn [mailto:rap777@juno.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2001 3:27 PM
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Subject: DML: SEMA Note
> 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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