51.   Kamin said time is also lost because the emissions test is taking too long to rid itself of the fumes from each car.

52.   Kamin said some of this information is lost by the time the car is ready for the emissions test - forcing technicians to go through the whole process again.

53.   Motorists instead will be given the old emissions test.

54.   Motorists going to these stations would have their cars go through the old emissions test, which does not look for asthma-causing smog compounds.

55.   State officials also installed a revamped safety inspection with the emissions test.

56.   Spot checks on a recent weekend found that roughly two-thirds of vehicles stopped failed emissions tests.

57.   The company also will require supervisors to OK re-inspections of vehicles that fail the emissions test and are re-tested the same day.

58.   The enhanced auto emissions test has been plagued by breakdowns and other problems, causing long waits at its debut in September.

59.   The DMV director stressed the biggest time problem in the system is with gathering information to be fed to the emissions test.

60.   The new emissions test looks for compounds that create smog, which is blamed for high asthma rates in the state.