#13 In the UK there are very strict laws and huge fines for people who drive on excessively worn tyres. Your car, after it's fourth birthday, has to pass an annual roadworthiness test. If it fails it is illegal to drive it until the necessary repairs have been carried out. Although this is a massive pain in the arse, I grudgingly admit that it is a good thing. Stonyground.
WV went to an 'every 2 years' instead of every year inspections. Shit's already sketchy enough, and we just added another year to the problems. Good part about it, it'll sort out the sketchy from the 'oh shits' pretty quickly.
Mississippi did away with vehicle inspections about 10 years ago. It has had no effect on highway safety. It's only effect has been to cut off a revenue stream for the govt. Of course, cops can write you for things like tires, lights, broken windshields, etc.
Most states I've lived in do not require inspections, and their cars are no more unsafe than the ones requiring inspection stickers. We expect you to check your car yourself instead of waiting for the government to tell you when your car needs fixed - perhaps 11 months after the condition first developed.
In Florida, we don't care what level of shitshow your car is. We're more concerned about what level the naked methhead running down the left lane of the highway is! Get your priorities straight! At least we aren't New Jersey!
Vehicle inspections are on steroids in Massachusetts. If the state license plate on your car is too faded or damaged, you fail inspection and have ten days to get it replaced (with a new registration number) and retake the inspection. If any error codes are on your dashboard , you fail and the problem must be fixed. This includes an error indicating that the Tire Pressure Inflation Monitor has a fault in any of the tires. (No, it doesn't matter if all the tires are at the correct pressure) If you have rust, body rot, missing body panels ... the list goes on, you fail inspection and must get it fixed. If this gives you the idea that the Body Shop industry has political clout in MA you would be right.
#13 In the UK there are very strict laws and huge fines for people who drive on excessively worn tyres. Your car, after it's fourth birthday, has to pass an annual roadworthiness test. If it fails it is illegal to drive it until the necessary repairs have been carried out. Although this is a massive pain in the arse, I grudgingly admit that it is a good thing.
ReplyDeleteStonyground.
And yet there was no safety law in the UK to prevent Yoko from singing?... or even appearing in daylight?...
DeleteWV went to an 'every 2 years' instead of every year inspections. Shit's already sketchy enough, and we just added another year to the problems. Good part about it, it'll sort out the sketchy from the 'oh shits' pretty quickly.
DeleteMost states I have lived in required annual safety inspections. Maryland doesn't require ANY. Stay away from cars with Maryland plates.
DeleteTexas just dropped their annual safety inspections except emissions in urban counties.
DeleteHolland crushes cars that fail their rust inspection.
DeleteI think we call all agree on how sketchy Yoko is/was whether she's in England or WV.
DeleteMississippi did away with vehicle inspections about 10 years ago. It has had no effect on highway safety. It's only effect has been to cut off a revenue stream for the govt. Of course, cops can write you for things like tires, lights, broken windshields, etc.
DeleteCalifornia chiming in. Apparently we DGAF about anything anymore. Party on, Garth.
DeleteMost states I've lived in do not require inspections, and their cars are no more unsafe than the ones requiring inspection stickers. We expect you to check your car yourself instead of waiting for the government to tell you when your car needs fixed - perhaps 11 months after the condition first developed.
DeleteOnly place I lived with that shit was Hawaii.
DeleteEverywhere else expected you to fix your shit before you went out drinking if you didn't want to get "tag light out" fucked with.
Shit, I see vehicles rolling around three and four years behind on their tabs based on the colors, so there's that.
#1: Because they ARE futuristic gay Nazis!
ReplyDelete#2: It's funny that kicking the ice cube under the fridge is in our DNA, even though neither have been around long enough to figure into evolution...
#20?
ReplyDeleteShe's the hawk-tuah girl. Google the video if you still don't know.
DeleteIn Florida, we don't care what level of shitshow your car is. We're more concerned about what level the naked methhead running down the left lane of the highway is! Get your priorities straight! At least we aren't New Jersey!
Delete#20 is the most excellentest
Delete#12: Mark David Chapman, you son of a bitch. If you'd aimed two feet to the right, you'd be a hero today.
ReplyDelete#2, After the ice cubes melts it's just water under the fridge.
ReplyDeleteWell played.
DeleteYou want to see shit on the road, go to California.
ReplyDelete#1 - same can be said for any motorcycle cop in the U.S.
ReplyDelete#16 ...falsely denies...
ReplyDelete#9, still better than a Llama "hawk tuah"!
ReplyDelete- WDS
Vehicle inspections are on steroids in Massachusetts.
ReplyDeleteIf the state license plate on your car is too faded or damaged, you fail inspection and have ten days to get it replaced (with a new registration number) and retake the inspection.
If any error codes are on your dashboard , you fail and the problem must be fixed. This includes an error indicating that the Tire Pressure Inflation Monitor has a fault in any of the tires. (No, it doesn't matter if all the tires are at the correct pressure)
If you have rust, body rot, missing body panels ... the list goes on, you fail inspection and must get it fixed. If this gives you the idea that the Body Shop industry has political clout in MA you would be right.
The winner for today is a tie, #s 5 and 20.
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