Virginia's Dirty Secret

Virginia has a vehicle emissions program that requires vehicle owners in Northern Virginia to get their cars/trucks inspected every 2 years. The idea is to prevent someone from driving around with a car/truck that is spewing high levels of toxic pollution into the air. You would think this was to keep the air clean. But you would have to be wrong. That's because anyone who owns a diesel vehicle with a gross vehicle weight of 8,500 lbs or more (some of the greatest polluters out there) don't have to get an inspection. Go figure. I wonder if it has anything to do with the fact that so many diesel vehicles are owned by businesses and local governments (buses)? Hmmmmm....