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<text id=91TT2669>
<title>
Dec. 02, 1991: American Notes:Smog
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1991
Dec. 02, 1991 Pearl Harbor:Day of Infamy
</history>
<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
NATION, Page 29
American Notes
SMOG
Pollution Tests On the Run
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<p> The war against smog may soon get a new high-tech weapon. A
device being tested in Provo, Utah, uses an infrared beam,
computer software and a video camera to add up the carbon
monoxide and hydrocarbons billowing from the tail pipes of
passing cars--and to automatically record their license
numbers.
</p>
<p> If the new device proves accurate, it could go into
widespread use next year, when the Clean Air Act of 1990 will
require 18 states and 33 cities that have excessive carbon
monoxide or ozone levels to begin extensive pollution tests,
including on-road exams.
</p>
<p> Some prosecutors think the device could also be used to
issue pollution tickets to motorists who have deliberately
tampered with their cars to get around the new rules. But for
the moment at least, about 100 drivers in Provo face a far more
desirable consequence if the roadside detector flunks their cars
twice: private sources will pay for the necessary repairs.
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</body></article>
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