Many SMOG Techs are not Inclined to Fight, but you MUST fight the BAR
Many SMOG techs and station owners – probably the large majority – are reluctant to get into a fight. We might be out driving somewhere, and someone insults or threatens us, but we turn the other cheek.
Automotive Defense Specialists Announces Limitations on Defense for Bureau of Automotive Repair Accusations
Santa Monica, California – September 27, 2019. Automotive Defense Specialists, a legal team skilled in supporting auto repair shops and SMOG technicians in California is proud to announce a new approach to handling so-called Bureau of Automotive Repair “accusations.”
A Citation From the Bureau of Automotive Repair May Require an Attorney
When you run a SMOG shop it seems that you are under constant threat from the Bureau of Automotive Repair. From the point of view of someone in your business, it would appear that the BAR is constantly out to “get” you one way or another.
Automotive Defense Specialists Announce Post on Bureau of Automotive Repair Citations and Using Legal ‘Know-How’
San Francisco, California – August 27, 2019. Automotive Defense Specialists, an expert team of defense attorneys with a track record of fighting for the rights of technicians, station owners, and repair shops against California’s Bureau of Automotive Repair, is proud to announce a new post on citations and how to fight them.
Something Appealing is Nice, but Appealing a BAR Citation isn’t!
Something that appeals to you, or “seems appealing” is something that you would like. Then there is the other sort of appealing, like appealing to the Supreme Court, for instance. That is no fun at all because it means that you have been found guilty of something and now you have to appeal against that decision.
Facing a STAR Program Action by the Bureau of Automotive Repair?
As a smog technician or smog repair shop your STAR Program rating is your bread and butter. People from Los Angeles to San Francisco, San Diego to Eureka here in California, have to get their cars smogged, but if you are threatened with a Bureau of Automotive Repair invalidation, your business probably won’t survive. For most STAR rated shops that is 60% to 70% of their business gone, virtually overnight.