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- Subject: Re: Raising the limit
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.030248.19722@nezsdc.icl.co.nz>
- From: hugh@nezsdc.icl.co.nz (Hugh Grierson)
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 92 03:02:48 GMT
- References: <1992Nov16.005932.22268@sol.UVic.CA> <1992Nov16.175045.8175@kakwa.ucs.ualberta.ca> <Bxtpps.EvC@ssesco.com>
- Organization: Fujitsu New Zealand
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- In article <Bxtpps.EvC@ssesco.com> nau@ssesco.com (William Nau) writes:
- >In article <1992Nov16.175045.8175@kakwa.ucs.ualberta.ca>, fengxi@prancer.eche.ualberta.ca (Fengxi Zhou) writes:
- >|> Every car must pass an annual mechanical test to ensure safety,
- >|> emmision, etc. How is that?
-
- Are you saying that the US doesn't have such a system? I am genuinely
- surprised. [But at least it is consistent with the US seatbelt regulations,
- ie there are more important issues than saving peoples' lives :-(].
-
- >Sounds expensive.
-
- Here it costs $15 for the WOF (Warrant of Fitness) check required every 6
- months. Neither expensive for me, nor for the government (with $15 fees
- and $200 fines I would be surprised if it didn't pay for itself).
-
- Most often there is something small that I have to do to pass (replace
- a bulb, adjust brake shoes, etc) - confirming the wisdom of such a system.
-
- --
- Hugh Grierson Fujitsu/ICL New Zealand - Software Development Centre
- hugh@nezsdc.icl.co.nz Speaking for myself only. See figure 1.
- Quote of the decade: "We're not just talking about unpopulated areas
- of the Southern Hemisphere anymore" [Pres. Bush, on the Ozone hole]
-