<VV> Important: HB 2465

[Frank DuVal]

I think it is because you were in California that you are confused on 
why we have state saftey inspection.

No RUST in your background.

Here cars dissolved back before the 90's and all that new factory 
rustfroofing to keep the unibodies from dissolving.

I have seen cars drive into my shop with suspension parts rusted off, 
like frame rails! Until the wheel falls off, most drivers do not know 
there is a problem under there.

Maryland only inspects when the car is sold. You should hear the stories 
from my MD mechanic friends of what worn out cars (brakes, suspension) 
the drivers finally drive in for repairs.

Car people get their cars fixed. Average people drive until something 
falls off or dies, unless forced to have inspections.

State saftey inspection is no revenue maker for the state. And it is a 
sure revenue looser for the shop unless the car owner has the work 
performed by the shop. There are abusive shops, but just call the state 
police and report them. They take complaints very seriously. Licenses 
are revoked for offenders.

As far as breakdowns of the engine, aren't poorly running engines in CA 
snagged by the emission inspections?

Frank DuVal

mhicks130 at cox.net wrote:

>There is a competing bill, HB1927, that is endorsed by the Virginia Car Club Councils that will update the law without requiring the annual inspections and fees but still curb a lot of the abuses.  We are being encouraged to write to our delegates to ask them to support this bill.  
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>If I'm paying annual fees and getting inspections, why the heck would I want antique plates and their driving limitations?  Virginia has some stupidity in it.  The "safety" inspections are one of the stupidest of the stupid things.  How did the people who make money from repairing your car get to decide whether your car is "safe" to drive without repairs??  This is nuts.  I lived most of my car-driving life in California and they had no safety inspections and the cars there didn't break down or get into accidents any more often than the ones here.  It's strictly a revenue law that sounds like a good idea to the uninformed.  No inspection will fix the loose nut behind the wheel and that causes 99% of all accidents.  
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