What make's a car not street legal?

Question

I was looking at the new cars at an autoshow online and saw the new Lotus Sport Exide and wanted to know what didn't make it street legal. from a power stand point, there are family sedans and trucks with more horsepower and torque than it's 243hp. is there more to it than just power?

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Answer 1

I own a shop, and it is like this; If a vehicle has anything on it that has been deemed by the government as not meeting pollution standards, and/or safety standards, if falls under the category as not street legal. It doesn't mean you aren't allowed to own it, but means you cannot drive it on the street. There are standards set forth by the national government that covers all states, and each state has another set of rules mandated as state regulations. California has the most strict regulations, while a state such a Wyoming may not even have any state regulations or inspection stations. Right now some states don't have inspections at all, while others are riddled with rules. It is probably missing emission system components that deems it not legal. Many people will add the required components to these vehicles, and they are good to go.
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Answer 2

Each state has a set of wht they consider safety standards or pollution standards. In general each car needs to meet these standards to be street legal. They can include such things as ground clearence, whether the tires fit into the fender well. How many and what kind of lights are on the car, if it has seat belts, if the glass is tinte and how much, how much noise the car makes and so on. Each state has inspection stations that the State Patrol, hiway patrol or state police run to check these out. Even the commercial trucks are supposed to be checked as they cross state lines at the weigh stations. They inspect the brake systems, safety chains and general condition of the trucks as they come into the state. Fortunatly we do not have to do this with our private vehicles except California, which is more concerend with whats in your car. i.e. produce and plants.

Answer 3

No never and damn law enforcement officers may even cost ticket you for racing in case you many as seem over on the motive force next to you and take off at extra suitable than snail velocity, supposedly that's an invite to race. The shows you spot are on closed roads the place there is not any different site visitors around. in case you assert you observed different autos on a similar highway this velocity demon replaced into on then that's thoroughly no longer cool and that they endangered that different persons existence. it may must be yet another racer or somebody who in all likelihood signed a waiver to be interior the video.

Answer 4

It is not street legal in the U.S. because the U.S. has rules about the strength of the bumber. If you make a dent in the bumper by crashing the car at less than 5mph, than it is not street legal. Another possibility is that is does not apply to the emissions limit.

In Canada, the law is less than 3mph.

Answer 5

Yes there is ! The car does not meet the california state smog regulations due to the way it is tuned up.

Answer 6

The car does not meet government regulations with regard to either smog emissions or crash safety requirements.

Answer 7

there are depending on states a few things other than state emmision laws like oh drag slicks, wheely bars, type of fuel it runs on. like if it only runs on aviation fuel its offroad only in as far as i know all states

Answer 8

slicks and no bumpers. probably hasnt been approved by the National Highway safety board