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Free ConsultationHuman psychology is not always the most rational. Anyone who deals with the psychological elements of human nature, such as psychologists as well as attorneys, teachers, or even persons who engage in marketing, will tell you that people are often what is called predictably irrational.
Although most of our blog has to do with serious issues regarding the California Bureau of Automotive Repair, from time to time we think it is advisable to touch base with some of our station owners and regular blog readers on some other issues of importance to smog stations in this great state.
According to the Bureau of Automotive Repair, the STAR Program is “The STAR Program is a certification program for both Test-Only and Test-and-Repair Smog Check stations that wish to certify directed and gross-polluting vehicles. STAR Test-and-Repair stations also must provide repair assistance services under BAR’s Consumer Assistance Program.”
The Bureau of Automotive Repair is an agency of the California State Government, and as an agency, it loves to throw around acronyms and bureaucratize.
We attorneys are people who deal with words on a daily basis. If, for example, you have received a citation from the Bureau of Automotive Repair, then we may be representing you in hearings in front of the Bureau. If you, as a station owner or technician, are not a person who is adept at […]
Editor’s Note. We get a lot of questions about the ‘Bureau of Automotive Repair’ undercover cars or undercover vehicles. Many SMOG station owners and/or STAR program participants don’t necessarily even know that the Bureau can (and does) send out ‘undercover vehicles’ to stations throughout California as part of sting operations.