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Yeah, that is why I said you could get away with it, but not always.So, I found out about 2 years ago while trying to get an inspection that this is not the case. I mean you can get away with it for sure but apparently there is an obscure rule that even the people at the state office didn't know about till they researched it for about an hour. It basically says if you operate your vehicle for more than 60 days a year in an emissions county that you have to get your vehicle inspected in an emissions county.
The reason I found this out is that a local chain lube shop refused to look at my ex-wife's van because they saw my Fire Department sticker on the windshield for Garland. Even after I explained that it's my wife's van not mine, and she doesn't work in Garland they still refused to inspect it. That's when I called the state registration people because I had never heard of this rule. They called me back an hour later after digging around in whatever they looked at and said yeah it's a rule but apparently rarely enforced. Their suggestion was to go down the street to another shop
Yep!
Well, if inspections don't catch/prevent broken lights, etc, then there's just another set of things to pull folks over for...
Just look around when you drive. There are tons of unsafe vehicles, so many bald tires at traffic accidents in the rain that I work. All the state inspection does is say "yeah they're good right here right now" but as soon as they drive away they can be as unsafe as they want to be. The program is worthless other than to collect another fee/tax. The police have the ability to pull over and cite for things that you get checked for on an annual inspection, but they never do because it's not a moneymaker like speeding fines are.
Wrong in so many ways , just look at the junk on the road now and with no safety inspection that is going to be almost any car you see thats over 24 years old because it gets no inspection . My trucks and vehicles are right and anything i work on is going to be right when it leaves my shop , that is because if somebody doesnt want their stuff done right it doesn't ever come in my shop . Big trucks have some really strict safety inspections to adhere to and still almost every dump truck you see on the road is a rolling pile of crap . I cant count the number of times i made service calls on a big truck that was shut down on the spot by a roadside safety inspection it had to be towed or repaired before it could be moved . And these were people that take care of their equipment . I would love to see that applied to every vehicle on the road . Exactly the reason when i drive in the city im driving one of my old trucks with big iron bumpers on both ends . Bad enough that people cant drive for crap to start with , when its legal to drive with no brakes , lights or bald tires its going to be fun out there .
