besides passing emissions tests, smog check and safety airbags, what are factors that render a car illegal to drive on the street? I am talking here more about engine specs. If speed is a factor, where is the cutoff where a car goes from being legal to illegal?
The speed capability of the car does not make it illegal until you exceed the posted speed limit. So the engine size or drive train is not a factor. What makes cars street legal are: working brakes head lights brake lights tail lights horn windshield wipers rear view mirror seat belts emissions control system suspension system that is intact, not overly worn Some states have more requirements, some less. Some states don't require turn signals because a hand signal is just as legal. Street legal and street safe are two different things. Street legal has to do with registering the car so that it can be driven on the street. You can have a car street legal but not street safe.
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