I would not want to drive in a state that does not have safety inspections. There are enough cars with burned out headlights and smoking tailpipes even with the inspection we have in place now. NO!!
So your argument is that the safety inspections are innefective and yet we should keep them?
I think it is a way for states to make money. New Jersey ended their safety inspections last year, it had no effect on me since I have never had a car fail a safety inspection. Now, the police can cite you for safety violations more easily than in the past. The argument that it just passed inspection isn’t a defense anymore and the cost of registrations didn’t drop when they eliminated the inspection program (in NJ, safety and emmission inspection fees were available at state facilities and the cost was included in your registration fee).
When NJ eliminated the program, they pointed to studies that showed no appreciable change in accident rates in states that have and do not have safety inspections.
Tell your state to implement “Blue Smoke, Blue Lights!”. This can simply be policed by highway patrol/policemen with substantial fines. You can recoup most of your 1st offense if you bring to the traffic court your repair completion receipt. On a 2nd & subsequent offense, no break on the fine, & higher fines leading up to eventual impoundment of the vehicle.
If I am not mistaken the cars that are the worst offenders in terms of safety, emissions, noise and smell are typically the older vehicles that are exempt from inspections or have limited inspections anyway. I understand it may not be feasible to try and bring those vehicles up to standards and just because something passes inspection doesn’t necessarily make it safer. The inspecter can only certify that at the time inspection is done the vehicle met certain standards- what about an hour down the road or a month or two?
Why continue? possibly false sense of security for drivers, money for the state and potentially someone else to try and sue if a recently inspected vehicle causes an accident???
Most people keep a check on their tires, lights, etc as a practical matter of being able to operate their vehicle. I am not saying that inspections aren’t of some value but not sure it should be mandated every year by the state and cost an owner $30+ especially if the vehicles causing the real issues do not have to conform in the same manner.
While they are at it, think they should do away with the annual property tax on the vehicle after a certain age- I mean to spend money to send a tax bill on a vehicle generating $2 in tax revenue doesn’t make sense to me; especially if they send more than one bill.
Beware, though- in this economic climate with the State needing money as bad as they do- if they are trying to give up a penny, it probably means we are going to get a soaking down the road for something else.
The vehicle inspection is a joke. My rear window tint is too dark, yet the pickup truck in the inspection line in front of me has windows darker than mine. The van behind me in line has all the windows darker than mine. The inspector says they are exempt.
Why?
I would not want to drive in a state that does not have safety inspections. There are enough cars with burned out headlights and smoking tailpipes even with the inspection we have in place now. NO!!
So your argument is that the safety inspections are innefective and yet we should keep them?
I think it is a way for states to make money. New Jersey ended their safety inspections last year, it had no effect on me since I have never had a car fail a safety inspection. Now, the police can cite you for safety violations more easily than in the past. The argument that it just passed inspection isn’t a defense anymore and the cost of registrations didn’t drop when they eliminated the inspection program (in NJ, safety and emmission inspection fees were available at state facilities and the cost was included in your registration fee).
When NJ eliminated the program, they pointed to studies that showed no appreciable change in accident rates in states that have and do not have safety inspections.
Tell your state to implement “Blue Smoke, Blue Lights!”. This can simply be policed by highway patrol/policemen with substantial fines. You can recoup most of your 1st offense if you bring to the traffic court your repair completion receipt. On a 2nd & subsequent offense, no break on the fine, & higher fines leading up to eventual impoundment of the vehicle.
If I am not mistaken the cars that are the worst offenders in terms of safety, emissions, noise and smell are typically the older vehicles that are exempt from inspections or have limited inspections anyway. I understand it may not be feasible to try and bring those vehicles up to standards and just because something passes inspection doesn’t necessarily make it safer. The inspecter can only certify that at the time inspection is done the vehicle met certain standards- what about an hour down the road or a month or two?
Why continue? possibly false sense of security for drivers, money for the state and potentially someone else to try and sue if a recently inspected vehicle causes an accident???
Most people keep a check on their tires, lights, etc as a practical matter of being able to operate their vehicle. I am not saying that inspections aren’t of some value but not sure it should be mandated every year by the state and cost an owner $30+ especially if the vehicles causing the real issues do not have to conform in the same manner.
While they are at it, think they should do away with the annual property tax on the vehicle after a certain age- I mean to spend money to send a tax bill on a vehicle generating $2 in tax revenue doesn’t make sense to me; especially if they send more than one bill.
Beware, though- in this economic climate with the State needing money as bad as they do- if they are trying to give up a penny, it probably means we are going to get a soaking down the road for something else.
The vehicle inspection is a joke. My rear window tint is too dark, yet the pickup truck in the inspection line in front of me has windows darker than mine. The van behind me in line has all the windows darker than mine. The inspector says they are exempt.
Why?