How many States have Annual inspections???

[hammersley]

I mean vehicle inspections (not emissions - safety) - I grew up in Pa and I know all about them - but none of the States I've lived in since has them - Minn - Oregon and Wash - how about the rest of you folks... ... personally I think they're a rip off - maybe a good idea - but bad implementation and a great deal for inspection stations to rip customers off... .

 

[Regcabguy]

Inspections

I hate government involvement in everyday lives but do to the proximity to the Mex. border,I'd welcome some kind of random safety inspection in these parts. We've got an incredible amount of homegrown and foreign wrecks clogging the highways. We used to have them in the 60's and nobody squawked. Sometimes you've got to force people to do the responsible thing.

 

[RustyJC]

Texas - in EPA non-attainment areas such as Harris and surrounding counties (Houston), our annual inspection covers safety and emissions (gassers only). In more rural counties, it's safety only.



A new vehicle doesn't have to be inspected for 2 years; after that, it's annual.



Rusty

 

[BarryG]

Colorado used to have safety inspections long ago. If I recall they went away when they started implementing the emissions inspections that are required now. Used to be you could go to many of the mom and pop stations/shops and get your emissions inspections. Several(maybe 8-10) years ago the state contracted with a company that does most of the inspections. If your car is newer than I think an 85 my you have to go to one of those places of which there are not that many and that is all they do. If you have an 84my or earlier you have to find one of the independents to test which is getting harder and harder to find. As they go out of business they arent really getting replaced as you can not pay for the equipment from the minimal inspections business you get. And diesels have to go to yet another place as the state places dont do diesels and the older inspection stations dont have the dyno to run the diesel test so you need to find a diesel shop that has a dyno and does emission inspections.

 

[HGreen]

Here in Virginia we have annual safety inspection done by local garages with the appropriate license from the state and training of the inspectors. Emissions are just in the non-attainment areas, but those are growing.

 

[Whiskey]

New York does, Arizona does not. . #ad


whiskey

 

[WyattEarp]

HGreen is correct in Va. we have annual inspections and whats good about it is, there might be something wrong that a person may not be aware of that could possibly cause a fatal accident if not corrected. People that do know the inner and outer workings of a vehicle don't usually get suckered in to unneeded repairs since the area i live in is much smaller and i do know most of the guys doing the inspection, you know where to go to not get screwed is what it boils down to.

As for Emmissions we have no such thing around here, the day they start is the day the county will go under as alot of cars not trucks around here are burning more oil than they are gas but with no jobs in the county it goes hand in hand, it will be interesting if emmissions gets this far west in the state.

 

[69RoadRunner]

I'm in VA, too. If I were driving on the road with no other cars, then I wouldn't want safety inspections. Since there are others driving who knows what, I'd like to know that they have brakes, etc.



Maryland is the craziest state. You have to have the car inspected when you buy it (new or used), but never again as long as you own it.

 

[Joe G.]

There are no regular inspections of any kind where I live in northern California. A vehicle has to be smog checked when it is sold, but that's the only inspection. I think the rules may be a little different in metro areas.

 

[fkovalski]

Colorado used to have safety inspections long ago. If I recall they went away when they started implementing the emissions inspections that are required now. .....

And, only certain areas of Colorado require emission certificates. Up here in the hills we have no inspections of any kind!

 

[Jong]

NH has one- and it is one of the most anal-retentive inspections I have ever seen. I was horrified when I went down to Georgia and Florida and saw cars running around with shattered windshields, missing hoods, etc. That and the trucks with 15"+++ of lift!!!! I never want to go that high, but I'd like to be able to put a decent 7" lift in my truck wthout going way over my state's bumper height limit. Lift laws SUCK!!!

 

[Nate]

Maine is annual safety.



Alaska had nothing, other than Emissions in Anchorage and Fairbanks... Juneau? and that's just for gassers.



Idaho has nothing at all.

 

[steved]

As noted before, driving in states that have no regulations can be down right SCARY... I avoid TX just because of some of the lifted crap they allow to drive on the roads... and don't tell me 53" tires on GM corp 10-bolt axles is safe driving on a public highway...



And to add to this, remember you are reading this on a site that is "car savy". There are a bunch of idiots out there that will continue to drive around well after they are metal on metal for brakes, drive on bald tires with belts showing, and will drive with something making noise only to have a wheel fall off... the laws might be a nuisance to us, but they indirectly keep us safe at the same time.





steved

 

[MoparBob]

No inspections in New Mexico, Alabama, or Georgia. (last three places that I have lived).

 

[Dieselnut59]

No inspections in New Mexico, Alabama, or Georgia. (last three places that I have lived).

Georgia does emission inspections for gassers in large metro areas, but no safety inspections. They used to have safety inspections years ago, but it was crooked and later ended.

 

[JHerr]

I don't necessarily think that state inspections are a rip-off. I have always dealt with trustworthy garages which helps a lot.



Let me explain my state inspection opinion further... I feel that PA's strict state inspection keeps safer cars on the road. It is just unfortunate that PA has some of the most inattentive, undisciplined drivers per capita in the nation.



I think that Pennsylvanians' poor driving habits spill over to vehicle maintenance. If we PA residents weren't required to bring our vehicles to a garage once a year, your average Joe Milquetoast would continue to drive his Camry on the road with nonexistent brake pads, bald tires, and loose ball joints. Mr. Milquetoast would still say, "Great car... runs like a top!" Nevermind the fact that his car is just a wet road away from real trouble... like spinning uncontrollably into my oncoming lane. I get upset when people don't pay closer attention to vehicle maintenance.



Do you remember when PA required 6-month inspections? Several people have told me that they think that cars were kept in better repair during those times. I can see their point. The above opinion is coming from a die-hard political conservative.

 

[SEwing]

South Carolina couldn't care less, the only state that I know of that does care less is Wyoming, 12 more years in the military then back to Wyoming I go

 

[MMeier]

No safety inspections here, judging from some of the POS I see going down the road, there should be !

 

[brianv31]

remember you are reading this on a site that is "car savy". There are a bunch of idiots out there that will continue to drive around well after they are metal on metal for brakes, drive on bald tires with belts showing, and will drive with something making noise only to have a wheel fall off... the laws might be a nuisance to us, but they indirectly keep us safe at the same time





steved

Well said...



Illinois leaves people alone. We have such a poorly ran Secretary of State's office, I'd hate to see them try to handle annual vehicle inspections anyway.

 

[ddutil]

Annual safety inspection for heavier than 6000# (which is what a 3500 weights nowadays) in La Belle Province (Quebec). Dan