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Please Help with E-Check
To Whom It May Concern:
Two years ago, my 1979 Ford pick-up truck passed E-Check. Earlier today, the
governmental bureaucracy that runs E-Check failed the very same truck, based
upon a visual inspection, even though it is the same truck without any
modifications.
First, they said that their reference book indicated that this vehicle came
with a catalytic converter. It did not.
Secondly, and this is the best part, they said that the opening for the fuel
filler tube (where you stick the gas nozzle) was too large. It is large enough
for one to stick in a leaded gas nozzle. The fact that leaded gas is no longer
sold and therefore, logically, leaded gas nozzles are no longer used, would seem
to render the whole issue moot. But not to E-Check. Additionally, the fact
that leaded gas was LEGAL at the time the truck was designed, built, and
originally sold had no impact on the people running the Kenton County E-Check
facility. As ludicrous as it may sound, E-Check is now asking me to reengineer
a gas tank on a 24-year-old vehicle.
I can see why the movement to get rid of E-Check is gaining momentum:
a.. As you can see from above, the program is inconsistent; the results on
the same vehicle vary.
b.. The bureaucrats who run the program have no concept of how vehicles are
made. The have no understanding that it is unreasonable if not impossible to
redesign our vehicles to suit them on whatever particular day they are testing
our vehicles.
c.. The program penalizes the poor, people who are most likely to be driving
older vehicles. It is the poor that are forced to use money that they need for
more basic necessities to instead pay to update, redesign, etc. (if even
possible) vehicles.
d.. The program penalizes anyone with enough funds to buy a new car that
already meets the emissions.
e.. The people who run the program are extremely dictatorial, typical of the
big government mindset. I was "not allowed" to stand there and observe what
they were doing to my car. Instead, the manager of the Kenton County E-Check
not only refused to provide his full name for the purposes of this complaint,
but also insisted that I remain in my vehicle (in 90 degree heat, no
air-conditioning) in order to prevent me from observing what he was doing to my
vehicle. Who are these people to treat others like school children?
f.. The program also penalizes the old car hobby by making it extremely
difficult for those who would prefer an older vehicle from having that choice.
I am interested in knowing if, in the short term, you might be of
assistance.
I would like to have a letter from our state and even federal elected
officials that states that I am "allowed" to monitor the activities of these
people while they are doing who knows what with my vehicle. There have been
numerous letters in the paper from people whose vehicles were damaged by E-Check
personnel due to their lack of knowledge and care.
a.. I would like to have a copy of their procedures that states this is
typical, it seems like it's more of an intimidation tactic than anything.
b.. Secondly, I would like to bring a formal complaint against the manager
of the facility. "Dan" was not forthcoming about his identity for the purposes
of this complaint, and he was rude. Hopefully, you will recognize my status as
a taxpayer since "Dan" did not.
In the long-term, I would like you to please consider eliminating this
burdensome, wasteful god-awful program.
Thank-you,
Pat Lance
Covington, KY 41011
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