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Not many federal emission police out there to enforce it.
Cops pull people over for having something hanging from their rearview mirror. I would think they'd love to be ticketing people for having these things.
Some of those that work forces... roll coal?
Some of those that work forces
are the same that burn fossils
It's a federal emission standard though, not a state one. It's only illegal to do in New Jersey, Maryland and Maine. Every other state once you own it, you can install these devices, or do a EGR delete entirely if you want to. In states that do emission testing on private vehicles you'd want it to be reversible of course.
Cities have emission standards. Police could try harder if they wanted to.
That's true, beyond the health and environment aspects, they're obscuring visibility. While some people I talked to said "it's not toxic bro!" and they don't believe in climate change, they can't deny it obscures visibility.
Meanwhile In other countries they do just that
I don't speak German but I'm guessing they're ticketing/impounding vehicles that have modifications which violate emissions. Sometimes US cops to that to street racers... the problem is that's because the average officer doesn't like kids who modify Asian cars but they basically are the same demographic who would modify a truck.
As long as we're talking about that, the street racing and 'sideshow' thing is pretty out of control too. I'd be happy to see them step up enforcement on that bullshit.
I'm from Europe, but can't local police enforce federal laws?
Local police barely enforce local laws
Also true
Yes.
No, they can't unless the federal government specifically deputize the local cops, which would effectively make them federal police temporarily
Not true, local cops can arrest someone for a federal crime. For example, lately some PDs have decided to start enforcing immigration laws.
Not American, but isn't that a state by state decision, though?
States and local PDs can decide on policies, ie which crimes they want to arrest and which they will let the federal government enforce. For example some states have a policy of not enforcing federal marijuana laws. But this is just a matter of efficient use of resources. They always could arrest someone for a federal crime.
I see
One important note regarding recent news from Texas: even if state police can arrest someone for a federal crime, that doesn't necessarily mean that they can enforce other federal laws, like immigration laws.
They can.
Right the whole states' rights thing