The KU Car Care program is a research project coordinated by the University of Kansas to help Kansas Citians become more aware of the effects of vehicle exhaust on our air quality and health.  KU Car Care focuses on the steps each of us can take  to make Kansas City's air cleaner for everyone in the metroplex, especially children, older and active adults.  The program seeks to improve air quality by educating people about the importance of clean ai,r and what they can do to improve air quality.  Using remote sensing technology, the program measures the pollutants in exhaust from cars.  This involves shining an infrared beam into an automobiles' exhaust stream as they drive by and showing drivers the condition of their vehicle's emission, at the moment of sampling, on a sign located a hundred feet down the road.