Nevada DMV official hopes new law will help improve Las Vegas Valley air quality, decrease street racing
LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — A Nevada DMV official is hoping a new law will help improve the Las Vegas Valleys’ air quality and cut back on street racing.
Nevada DMV’s Police Division Chief, J.D. Decker, said it will make modifying a vehicle’s emissions system illegal.
“Generally those people are doing it for– they’re street racers, they’re doing it for performance reasons,” Decker explained.
He provided photos of modified exhausts with what are called “straight pipes,” because their catalytic converters were removed.
A Nevada DMV official is hoping a new law will help improve the Las Vegas Valley’s air quality and cut back on street racing.
A Nevada DMV official is hoping a new law will help improve the Las Vegas Valley’s air quality and cut back on street racing.
A Nevada DMV official is hoping a new law will help improve the Las Vegas Valley’s air quality and cut back on street racing.
He said there are telltale signs a driver has modified their emissions that are apparent without looking under the vehicle.
“The fuel smell, the noise, visible smoke,” he said.
When DMV officers see, or hear, these telltale signs while on the roadways, Decker said they’ll issue a notice of inspection, which requires the vehicle to be inspected at a DMV within 30 days.
Decker said, now with SB80, if they find the vehicle’s emissions system has been intentionally modified during that inspection, they will be able to issue a misdemeanor citation with fines up to $1,000.
The law will also make it illegal to possess an emulator device, which is capable of tricking a smog machine to produce a passing test.
The law will also make it illegal to possess an emulator device, which is capable of tricking a smog machine to produce a passing test.
Ted Lendis, the planning manager at the Clark County Department of Environment and Sustainability’s Division of Air Quality, said tailpipe emissions are a big contributor to pollutants in the Las Vegas Valley. He’s hopeful the new law will make a positive impact on air quality.
“By tampering with them, theoretically, vehicles are emitting more than they’re supposed to, which effectively puts more pollutants into the air,” Landis said.
