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GOOD !
Cops are very good at making sure your vehicle is in proper working order. Just another layer of needless bureaucracy & govt fees.
Good for Texas!
Here in Massholechusetts we pay $35 for this nonsense every year. The last time I had my car inspected I barely sat down in the waiting room before the mechanic came in with my change and keys letting me know my car had passed. It is nothing more than a revenue grab.
It’s way past time for this scam to end. When you are five years behind OK in rescinding this worthless law, you are really stupid.
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“According to a Senate study, more than 500,000 vehicles didn’t pass safety inspection in 2014 and 2015.”
Have these people lost their mind? I live in Texas and really don’t mind the safety inspection as it may find a problem that could cost $$$$ in the future and may prevent an accident. The problem is there is there use to be a lot of phony inspection stickers for sale. I think their new method of reporting inspections to the license bureau will fix that.
Good. Hope NC is next.
EXCELLENT!!! Past time to stop this ripoff scam!
CA doesn’t even have Vehicle Safety Inspections, never has.
We do have those lovely Emissions Checks whenever you sell a Vehicle. If it doesn’t Pass, the New Owner cannot Register it.
We also have Bi-annual Emissions Checks for Cars over five years old.
A ripoff everywhere! Here in Michigan we used to have emission testing which was finally terminated.
The last car I had to have tested (It was only about 5 years old) failed the first test but when I took it to another station, it passed..........
Chicago in the 40’s actually had this and it was a joke. For a couple of bucks left on the seat on the drivers side everyone passed. They got rid of it.
Loved it for my son’s sake when tires were part of the inspection.
Not a big deal.
I’ve been through this in a couple of states.
This whole vehicle inspection thing is one huge cluster. Having to inspect a new vehicle or having older vehicles that throw a check engine light for some evap canister or emission sensor is absolutely absurd.
If signed into law, does anyone know when this would go into effect?
Good for Texas.
Maryland has inspections but it’s insanely stupid.
You get your car inspected once upon purchase. It easily adds $1000 to the price of a used car to fix everything.
When I moved here, the “safety” issues with one of my cars far outweighed the value of the car. I sold it to a friend who lived in free America. He drove it for 3 years.
No further inspections are required. Lots of people drive 20 year old cars with historic plates so they can skip the inspection and emission tests. Yep, a 1985 K car is historic alright.
Plenty of rolling roadblocks. We had one too. Finally got wrecked when my kid got rear ended.
Regarding the cost, the max $$$ is probably set by the State. Here in GA with our emissions test, I can find places with the fee ranging from $25-14. Competition is great. Does Texas set a fixed $35 fee or what?
I liked having the safety check. When was the last time your headlight aim was checked? The safety check picked this up and fixed the problem on the spot. Ditto with lights and wipers if you forked over the few bucks for parts. If a person has bald tires, get em off the road. I don't want them ramming me in the rain or because of a blowout.
I can see exempting new cars for some number of years for the safety check. For that matter, exempt new cars from emission checks for some number of years (fed regs would probably nix this).
Anyway, while I am not cranky about the safety check, there is room to tweak the details of it to get a positive implementation at lower cost.
Like Repeal of Obamacare ... this is NOT a did Did Deal...
I’ll pop the Champagne cork when either happen .. not just yet
Mississippi stopped requiring them almost 2 years ago - it wasn’t worth it for folks to conduct the inspection and there was a shortage of places to get it done and those folks didn’t take extra time to note much so it was a total waste - the ripoff was charging extra to “evaluate the window tint” instead of just looking at the sticker from the previous year.
Not to mention the money they made from giving out tickets for expired inspection stickers!