Posted on 05/29/2023 6:15:38 PM PDT by vespa300
Earlier this month, on the floor of the Texas House, Palestine Republican Cody Harris spoke about HB 3729, a piece of legislation that could impact tens of millions of Texans.
He was brief: “Members, it’s time to end mandatory vehicle inspections,” he said in an unanimated voice, “and that’s exactly what this bill does.”
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I can get behind this one.
No brakes, bald tires, broken lights—what could possibly go wrong?
Glad to see you came down on the more gubmint side of this argument.
car insurance rate increases to follow...
On Guam only cars over three years old have to be inspected.
I don’t know how happy you should be about lost jobs repairing and maintaining automobiles. The byproduct will be a reduction of safety on the highways.
With the real intended end result being less fossil fueled vehicles running we have here another green initiative foisted upon us thinly veiled as it may be.
Ohio has no periodic inspection, although I think some urban counties require a smog test. I don’t see any jalopies in my area, which is said to be the poorest county in Ohio.
Exactly. Texas is like only 1 of 13 states to still require inspections. Lots of noise here. Probably mechanics and Rinos.
LOL. They buy cheap liability and then cancel it. Inspections are worthless. They also buy stolen tires for next to nothing.
High time to end this. Nothing but a bureaucratic cash grab.
I was forced to get an inspection on my new car before I could register it in TX. It had 57 miles on it. Absurd.
“The byproduct will be a reduction of safety on the highways.”
I call bullshit.
Cars pass inspection one day, and can be dangerous the next and stay that way for a year. Inspection is just a money grab for the state, and a chance for mechanics to generate income.
Removing mandatory inspection doesn’t make it legal to drive a dangerous car, they can still require good tires, good brakes, etc. without forcing you to prove it one day per year.
Other states have no annual inspection and you don’t hear about carnage due to everyone driving around on bald tires and no working brakes.
“Got to love this one. No doubt a done deal.”
Likely so, but for people who live in “EPA Non- Compliance Zones” (over half of Texans), we still have to deal with annual “Emissions Inspections”.
I wouldn’t stand in front of it.
Minnesota doesn’t inspect cars. You should see the junk on the roads
“Exactly. Texas is like only 1 of 13 states to still require inspections.”
Holdover from the days when the Democrats ran Texas...
I’ve lived in San Antonio for 50 years. So I know the odds of being hit by a Mexican with no insurance in a junker car.
Therefore I’ve always carried Uninsured Motorist insurance.
“car insurance rate increases to follow...”
Plenty of states with inspections, and STILL with high car insurance rates.
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