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Old 05-15-2008, 07:29 PM   #111 (permalink)
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That's my point. If they were mandatory and you don't drink and bypass it, should you get into trouble for doing so?
If it was mandatory, there would have to be a penalty for bypassing it. There wouldn't be any point otherwise.
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Old 05-15-2008, 07:36 PM   #112 (permalink)
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If it was mandatory, there would have to be a penalty for bypassing it. There wouldn't be any point otherwise.
Right. But how would they know that you bypassed it (except for car inspections)?
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Right. But how would they know that you bypassed it (except for car inspections)?
Get in a crash, get pulled over, etc.

It'd probably be monitored by the OBD, so you'd get a fault code that would be noticed during emissions inspections.
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