[Closed] On this day in automotive history.

What idiots. No surprise with that cast of characters.

VIDEO: Smog in LA

There's no need for name-calling. We're all friends here.

That video definitely would have receive my attention back then. I remember as a 19 year old going to California to lay on the beach. I didn't realize back then that the haze that lay over those run down beach motels in the mornings was smog. I thought it was fog.

Come to think of it, maybe it was fog as it cleared up by noon.

Anyhow, great video.

These old videos are important for young people to see that pollution controls have been an ongoing process for decades and that the problem can be addressed. Many younger people think that addressing pollution began just in recent years and that our generation didn't think about it. Awareness was of course more prevalent in the major centers where the problem was literally in your face. What has really improved, thanks to the computer generation, is communication and awareness of the seriousness of it all. Great to see this happening.

Totally uncalled-for posting. Keep your politics to yourself, please.

Global warming is a fact. There are those that ignore it and those that are trying to do something.

I remember visiting Los Angeles as a youngster in 1963. We traveled between Pomona and Pasadena every day for eight days between visiting friends. Not knowing anything about smog, I had no idea how much it was affecting my view until the last couple of days - after it rained and temporarily washed the smog out of the air. Suddenly, there were mountains whose existence I had not seen even a hint of in all the days before. And after a couple of days they started disappearing again. The air is much cleaner now but it still can get pretty dirty and anything more that can be done to improve it even more is a good thing. Yeah, the automakers, and those with their heads buried in the sand, complain about 'extra costs' and how it is supposedly so difficult to meet the requirements, but I notice they always succeed. They just have to be motivated to get off of their lazy, greedy butts to do it. (Hope this doesn't come under the label of name-calling but I didn't know how else to put it.)

Well said, Duncan.

+1.

+2. Unless, of course, you agree that climate change is a hoax perpetrated by the Chinese to destroy the American economy. Some idiots have actually said that.

Living here in SoCal since 1967 and seeing and experiencing what is being discussed along with the politicians over the past 50yrs...I wholeheartedly agree with Mike. The word 'idiots' to describe some politicians is, IMO, a compliment. Please do more research into the private lives of some who espouse that 'we the public' change our ways whilst they fly their private jets to and fro and have garages filled with Hummers. A few years back one of Californias politicos was 'caught' preaching about cutting back on driving our personal vehicles while using a taxpayer provided SUV which was kept running with the a.c. on as he was attending 2-3hour meetings. As I said earlier..the word 'idiots' is a compliment. Please research what is going on in California politics currently. I GIVE UP...I WANT OUT.!! Sorry for the rant but I thought Mike was unfairly chastised.

As for the smog...oh yeah..watch a few old Dragnet, Columbo and Adam-12 episodes.

Questions: Why does California have 10% of the nation's cars?

Is it simply because California maybe has 10% of the population of the USA? Why is the smog reportedly so much worse in Los Angeles than in other major cities? Because of urban sprawl do those residents drive more miles per year on average than other Americans; does that contribute to more smog? You would think that perhaps the Pacific Ocean winds would disperse the smog more readily. Does anyone have answers to these annoying questions?