Texas' mandatory vehicle inspections ending in six months
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- Опубликовано: 30 июн 2024
- Check your windshields, Texans -- drivers in most counties can forgo the annual trip to the shop when mandatory state vehicle inspections end next year. KXAN's Ryan Chandler explains.
Again it’s not about safety it’s about taxing.
Which they will still get from us as a fee for not having to get our vehicles inspected.
Just like here in California
Exactly…. This was a revenue generating scam.
Also it was a sweetheart deal for the auto repair industry in exchange for campaign contributions.
Yes indeed.
Cars aren’t the problem but the loose nut behind the wheel is.
You're exactly right!
You mean in front of the wheel?
Have you seen Austin drivers...
So….so many nuts
@@bearlineproductions2966Have you seen Houston drivers?
Really??? Fee to not have my vehicle inspected????
Just another hand reaching into your pocket.
@@Maybe1Someday So, will Texans be receiving some type of registration card? As a Texan, I'm already paying a registration fee for a sticker.
I think they meant for the actual registration sticker itself, not the physical vehicle inspection.
$7 tax vs $700 o2 sensor? Ill pay the $7
@@Cableguy5770 it’s my understanding that there’ll still be emissions testing.
Great!! Now get rid of toll roads in Texas next!!!
Nah! I love the toll roads. All the broke bitches can't ride and I get home in lighting speed.
Not so fun fact. The dollars go to another country in exchange for building those toll roads
@@CS-en5xzgot to love Austin toll road
Toll roads??
Woah hold on there toll roads save me 25 min of my 1 hr commute until I can afford to move
She spilled the beans. A Freudian slip. "We want to get rid of them".
Exactly. You know she wants all of us on the “clean” electric vehicles.
_"A Freudian slip. "We want to get rid of them"_
Kinda like a meeting I over heard outside of San Marcos Tx a little while ago with a similar Freudian slip: "Jews Will Not Replace Us!"
Nothing like a Sunday night beer bust in a random field in TeKKKas.
Travis county… no more needs to be said.
@@Hilaire_Balrog Clean Coal!
Exactly.
Aha, there is the catch! No physical inspection, but you still pay the fee! 100% profit for the government.
yep they once again shut the little guy who was running a mom and pop garage who benefited off the inspections down and said naw we want that cash boy.
you still have to pass federal emission test standards.
@@wilber504 correct me if I am wrong, but I thought emissions are decided by the states?
@@radolfkalis4041the counties in wont have safety but still emissions.
It's similar to taking the shady guy at Jiffy Lube 20 bucks to pass your vehicle without an inspection. The government basically just took over that position is all
In the meantime, we all pay a YEARLY registration fee for our licensed vehicles. Why??? The ONLY time we should have to pay for registration is when there is a CHANGE in registration. If I own a vehicle for ten years, I should only pay to have the registration put in my name, and then if I sell it, the buyer pays to have the registration changed to his/her name. Our elected officials claim to CARE about our wasted hours, but they certainly don't care about money they can take from us yearly for no good reason except to fill their coffers.
The amount of buyers who won't change the registration is the problem and abandoned vehicles with registration years out of date and no way to contact the last owner
governments will always find a way to get the money they want
Ikr man
In France they only do it one time the whole life of the car when you buy the car the first time , you never have to register it again unless you sell the car then the burden is on the new owner .
Same with your home/land. You should NEVER have to pay Taxes on land you own or are paying to own, at the expense of the government taking it!
"The idea is to get rid of those vehicles.." Freudian slip. Caught in 4k 📸
Yeah she should have just said "screw those poor people and their dirty cars"
I heard that as well. I believe long-term, people like her would like to get rid of all gas-powered vehicles.
@@marktaylor8659 why? EVs are crap.
@@J-ge7qeThe false idea that EV's help the environment
@@J-ge7qe I agree, but it's more about their control and power over people.
If you still have to have an emission test then it's still an inspection. We gained nothing
Still need an appointment and have to pay a mechanic for the inspection fee along with the state fee. Just so they can check your car to see if its producing any emissions related engine codes. Plus every year is ridiculous when a state like CA only requires it every other year. This needs to be readdressed.
@@RKDriverThe current fee is $18.50. Mechanics are disallowed from charging anything more than that. My cars are all legit with zero issue and I do my own repairs and maintenance to ensure that, but I still slip the guy I go to a 20 and a couple of his favorite tall boys. Small shop and they always get my cars in and out fast. Time is money.
Not sure how it'll change with just emissions really, other than the fee goes down. I bet shops that do it will become much fewer due to the lower fee, but many shops with the current system would find things wrong and make money on the repairs (or overcharging you for new wipers).
The Texas inspection is nothing like something from PRNY where the physical safety of steering, suspension, braking, and the frame of the vehicle are thoroughly inspected. The big thing that prevents people from passing in Texas was emissions (evap, catalytic codes, etc), so that seems to still be the case for the bulk of Texas residents via population density, just not the bulk of counties any longer.
I don't live in those lefty counties. They can buy evs and destroy the grid like usual
It’s never been about safety just revenue along with control.
Bald tires, bad brakes...
After being in a state with no inspections and moving back to a state with them, its crazy how much safer it is. People will literally drive around with bald tires on wires with no brakes to save a buck (but they should be provided by the state for free!).
@@AlbertHess-xy7kythey don’t inspect the brakes. Other states do just fine with out safety inspections.
@@sminem6572 People without cars should have to pay to inspect other people's cars? Should the taxpayer have to inspect aircraft? Electrical? Plumbing?
@@user-ln7of9gs4s Auto death rates? Should trailer trucks be inspected? Aircraft?
Anyone who actually lives in TX, knows these inspection do nothing to stop someone from running an unsafe car or truck. Glad to see this change, now end emissions testing.
Not true! an Inspection shows all kinds of issues that makes our roads unsafe! did you watch the video???
@@laurawright916 LOL
@@laurawright916 it is so easy to pay a little more and go to a shady place to have your car pass inspection. How do I know? I did it.
@laurawright916 you are not Texan
@@laurawright916my dumbass was driving a car with no airbags for 2 years
My inspection guy never told me and always passed my car
“mandatory vehicle inspections end in six months unless you live in one of the counties where almost everyone in the state resides”
well cities and counties can make their own laws!
You won't have the physical inspection, just the emission inspection. I live in Hill County and don't have an emission inspection just the physical, that's going away
There’s 254 counties in Texas. We don’t all reside in those few listed.
@@KelseyMc6 no, but most of us do
Yeah, once you look at the population of the metroplexes where they have emission testing, it works out to only be around 23.6% of the people in Texas who will not need an inspection...
Road conditions are worse. They're not pot holes, they're craters.
Thank you!
Arkansas did this in 1997. The world didn't end.
Just Global Warming.
Equipment-failure injury & fatality accidents went up exponentially. Whether that fits your nannynannybooboo angle or not, it's a verifiable fact.
Imagine that: all of a sudden, there is no requirement to have up-to-standards brakes, or safe suspension components including those that control steering & handling, or tires with a minimum standard of wear (and even wear), et cetera, and what do you know, crashes, property damage, and injuries increase at not-surprising spikes in statistics.
Hm.
Good ol' Arkansad.
Right. It is always those miserable victims problem. As long as I am not the victim, let's don't make a big deal out of it.
Simpletons.
No requirements went away. Vehicle owners are still responsible for all of the things listed. Those are still ticketable as well.
@jeeper360 I think you missed the point of the safety inspection. It's to prevent injuries or casualties which tend to happen when something safety related in the car fails. But you have to do it before the accidents happen not after. The police is not going to do the safety inspections on your car and ticket you.
We in Florida got rid of that money grab in the 1970s/early 80s. It was a tax on the poor and a boost for pockets of mechanics
Just so you will know: I was a mechanic inspector in those days and *no one* hated vehicle inspections more than mechanics; it *cost* us money taking time away from useful repairs. Full time inspectors never stayed long; even they could not make money on inspections. I finally rebelled at 1 of the training sessions and told them take my name off, I will no longer do inspections; my boss was waiting for me when I got back (they phoned him), but fortunately saw and agreed with my point of view.
Rich or poor, we’re all responsible for making sure our cars work properly and don’t spew raw diesel, gasoline, and oil. If you can’t afford an inspection once a year, maybe you can’t afford a car. Thousands of people are in debt up to their eyeballs in debt for a car, when maybe they’d be better off using public transportation, or the popular electric bike. I keep my 14 year old Prius in tiptop shape, instead of having a car payment and higher insurance premiums.
@@jamesmaySaysTheKingIsComingmaybe it’s not what was done, but how it was done, that was wrong. Nobody needs to lose money doing this.
When I lived in Texas, I gladly submitted my old beater VW for inspection, and once I found out the brakes were bad. It cost less than $200 to be safer.
@@nickiemcnichols5397 You're preaching to the choir: I always kept my cars tip top and still do. The things that grieved me were the burdens put on people to save the planet which in reality made things worse. BTW a $200 brake job is fair but many times brake jobs and other things are much more expensive; out of reach in fact. When you do that kind of work daily you encounter people who can't afford a new catalytic converter (and other nonsense). In rural areas etc. there is not always "public transportation" available, not to even mention that many people who are healthy enough to drive are not healthy enough to use mass transit. Be thankful that you are.
That Travis County “Environmental project manager” has glasses that have enough plastic to poison the environment.
I find it hilarous how easily people got scammed by lawmakers, this doesnt change anything as you end up paying more "safety replacement fee" and get less . The bulk of registered cars will still need emissions testing. Also, insider knowledge that TCEQ/DPS/TSIA are working to INCREASE emissions testing fees and expand emissions testing to MORE counties. Everyone who supported this measure just had the wool pulled over their eyes. As this was to get the ball rolling on increased fees for ALL! Should of left the program alone, and kept the same cheaper fees.
It's that or more toll roads. So what's the solution lol? Go live in New York where you have to pay congestion tax.
Horse feces, the inspection ONLY guarantees the vehicle is okay that single day, IF the inspection is done well. The fee for the "inspection" station won't cover ONE hour of the inspectors pay, and NOBODY spends an hour "inspecting" the vehicle. I've hated this "tax" since I first began driving in 1975....
Yep, check engine light resets the day before can be your friend.
What you said.
It's ALWAYS been about REVENUE, and NOT safety.
The environmental project manager is full of it!
Bet she's originally from California! 😂
The lefty nutjob glasses give her away immediately.
@@justing6594So what where she’s from? Whose state environmental standards is she enforcing?
Just because inspections will end doesn't mean you won't be ticketed for faulty equipment on your motor vehicle.
It'll be up to you to make sure the lights work, the horn works, the brake lights and turn signal works and the emissions on your car meet standards.
I can see a whole lot of people complaining about getting a ticket because they believe they are not responsible for auto maintenance.
Emissions only matter if you live in a city metro area… where i live we have never had emissions nor will we ever i suspect.
@@F150customsbut you can still be ticketed for faulty equipment
@@Djsj1313
Well somebody is going to have to step up their game for that to happen, cops won’t even ticket all the morons driving around in traffic at night blinding other drivers because they refuse to dim their high beams.
@@ralfie8801yeah that shit’s annoying. They even do it in well lit areas and by that point they shouldn’t be allowed to drive
the cops won't stop the idiots in the lowriders w the smoked out/black tail lights though 😢🎉😅
A lot of techs especially in fast lube joints will be heartbroken due to the lost commissions, warranted or not, usually not warranted, when I'm getting mine I see the techs try to sell everything to the unaccompanied ladies.
Yeah they gonna lose 7$
@@makojuicedaniel9307 What they lose is the ability to not give you a pass until you purchase belts hoses or wipers you do not need.
As someone who used to inspect vehicles at a lube joint years and years ago, I can assure most of you if you saw the lax way vehicles are inspected 80% of the time at most places you wouldn't be whining about mandatory inspections going away.😂
The vehicles polluting are almost always the city trucks
I was at the HEB waiting for groceries with my dog. Engine off, windows down. Everyone else was in their big suvs, engines running. It was 80 outside lol
Florida used to have yearly state vehicle inspections and of course you had the cry that vehicles would become unsafe if the inspections were stopped, gee cars did not become unsafe, inspections are just money grabs as for emission inspections Florida tried those in the big cities as well and they are gone also, they are not about safety or emissions they are about another tax upon the public.
Florida hasn’t had a state inspection for the 40 yrs I’ve lived here but am moving back to Texas in a few weeks….
You guys are gonna love it. Indiana ended inspections years ago. As long as a tire can hold air, it's still good.
That’s not true at all. A bald tire can’t grip the ground which can cause an accident
@@reybat4969 Since there are no inspections, it's up to the owner of the auto to decide when they want to replace their tires.
@@steven4315 And how is that good? If you're on private property, then that's on you but that car is on public roads. You don't see the dangers of that? 🤡
@@chechnya Of course I see the dangers in that and I don't think it's good. The state of Indiana didn't ask my opinion before dropping inspections. Did Texas ask for yours? For what it's worth, I personally replace the tires before the wear bars say to.
@@chechnya Live in Texas now, raised in Indiana. Much more diverse weather issues there and still more accidents in texas person for person. You will be fine without daddy government checking on you every year.
I've lived in about 10 states in my life. The difference in vehicles between states that inspected and didn't was zero. WA stopped inspections some time ago and the sun still rises every morning.
Yeah, but the sun would still rise every morning even if we were all gone…
I have live in states with and without inspection. States with it got my money and time wasted going to get it done . No difference in safety at all .
I love how they had to throw the crazy eyes environmentalists in there. No emissions inspection where I live 👍
There are no environments left, only propagandists.
When my '99 Subaru blew both head gaskets I considered buying another car. But that was right at the end of Covid and car prices, new and used were too high. So, I just got my engine rebuilt. I live in one of those counties where emission testing will still be done, but my car will be over 25 years old, so it'll be exempt. But, I'll still have to pay the "ransom fee" so the state doesn't run out of money!
Omg illegal tint! Somebody please think of the children!!
Yes, Let's put police more at risk during a traffic stop, like it isn't dangerous enough as it is.
😅😅😅 it didn’t say the dark tint won’t still be illegal that’s Texas law. Not an inspection law.
@@jimmyramirez8844 I bet the DPS will do more inspections on cars suspected of failing.
Only gangbangers and bad drivers need excessive tint. And it ensures noone can see through your car to the next car to get a good understanding where traffic is and isn't.
So hopefully that law stays that they dont enforce anyways
@@sixpest lmao i got 5% all around and it keeps my truck like 15 degrees cooler in the summer. Get outta here with your crap. My vehicle my rules.
Show me on the doll where the dart tint touched you.
Every topic is about saving lives. window tint, broken headlights, horn malfunction caused so many fatal accidents 🤣🤣
yes you are right, just remember that most do have heavy modifications & customizations that are pretty much illegal and therefore have the need to sneak around to not get caught
1:20 get the vehicles “cleaned up” so they pollute less??
Damn I’m gonna go to the car wash to see if my gas mileage doubles after now
Maybe it’ll triple if I get a detailing
Minnesota used to have inspections just for the city & suburbs and not the rural areas. Then they dropped it because it wasn’t very fair.
Old Texan here. I always keep an eye on whatever I choose to drive. Lights,wiper blades,tire condition,brakes (duh), parking brake,never had a horn stop working so I don't check that very often (if a collision is immanent last thing I'm thinking about is the horn btw). I do that so I am less likely to have a wreck.48 years of driving,1.2 million miles,and 2 not at fault wrecks. Maybe it's because I'm old.
I read the entire procedure book. You can have tires wirn through the steel on the edge as long as it has tread in the middle, your brakrs can be steel to steel if it stops okay, your steering can be near failure, but you can't have an oogah horn or leaking gas cap.
Good for you texas! Florida abolished inspections a long time ago its fantastic! We need more deregulation not more! YAY!
There are hundreds of thousands of cars on Texas roads that are not registered at all. And the people keep getting temporary tags over and over and over
Proof? Or just an excuse to force people to do something.
@@Somberdemure proof? LOL apparently you don't live here.
@@theoriginaldashriprock I actually do
@@Somberdemure Then you are blind, or stupid
Or printing them out themselves
But the roads don't need to be in good operational condition safe for public transit
The money from renewing your driver's license is used to maintain Texas roads... what are your uuuu. Talking about..
All of you crying about the inspections going away, need to get real. The bad folks with bad cars don’t inspect or register their cars. You can still be cited for faulty equipment. This is Texas, you can carry a gun with out a permit, you should be able to drive and maintain your car with out a nanny having to inspect it for you.
The bad folks are also not likely insured. TWICE in the past year the cars I owned were TOTALED because of uninsured drivers. I would rather lawmakers find a way to crack down on that.
What an ignorant comparison: you can carry a gun so why get an inspection? You act like this right to carry a gun somehow magically includes the responsibility to own one. Oh, I guess Jesus didn't think about that when he wrote the 2nd amendment...
@@cartoonraccoon2078 personal responsibility.
I will gladly pay the $7.50 to not go for inspection. Totally worth it.
Agreed. Freedom over false safety
We all know, I can go to this or that shop to get my car passed, so saying that cars will be safer is bogus. On top of that, Texas allows so many people to drive with no license, insurance or tag.
If someone slams into my car because their tire is bald I can pull the public records and find what Technician signed off and said the car is “safe”. Just because you paid your technician under the table to pass your state doesn’t mean it serves no purpose. That techs name is signed to a government document and I will have his ass and yours. You seem to know a lot of people who are allowed to break the law and yet have don’t nothing to correct that. Seems like you are part of the problem.
@@djb1634lol, you really think you can go after the technician who signed off? Are you that stupid?
What if driver got vehicle inspected, passed and then decided to put a bald tire on. Jesus people are pulling the ‘I’ll sue you’ card not realizing attorneys are the ones that win.
+how can you sue someone who has nothing to be give. If they have bald tires you really think they’re going to have millions in the bank. Dummy
@@djb1634so emotional you’re overweight huh? 😂
@@FATmenDRIVEtrucks Nope not overweight at all. Don’t know why you think this has anything to do with someone weight. Maybe it is because you are self conscious about your own weight and are projecting onto others. I can eat what ever I want and not gain a pound. Jealous? Cry me a river, build a bridge and get over it ❄️.
@@FATmenDRIVEtrucks Nope. I see you are though with how you project your problems onto others. I can eat what ever I want and never gain a pound. Jealous?
Even with our current "inspections" I still see some seriously dilapidated worn out junk clattering down the road every day, I doubt this will change anything much. As someone who runs a Texas Inspection Station and gets asked 27 times a day to fake an inspection report all those people I say no to just go down to a certain street in town and pay $40 to fake it anyway...
it's stupid a state would have this anyway. all it is taking money away from the citizen. because the cops dont wanna do it. same as having toll bridges or roads. in the end it dont benefit the driver it benefits the state. states already tax ppl to take care of roads etc... adding toll fees is double taxing. wasting court time for ppl that dont pay tolls.
The problem isn’t the inspection. It’s the damn registration fees. Why do I need to get my car registered every year? Once is enough when you buy it or sell it.
The quit doing it here around 10 years ago and should have never even been started in the first place. I care more about the condition of my car than an inspection station.
If you really care about emmissions and traffic - Make work from home mandatory unless your job requires you to be there physically.
If a vehicle won't pass inspection, most people will drive it anyway. I live in WV, we just went to 2 year inspections which is a blessing but I've had many cars where I just never bothered or cars that wouldn't pass and I drove anyway, never really has an issue. My last car I drove for a year and half with a dead sticker. Got pulled over 3 times and not one of those cops mentioned my dead inspection sticker. Had a beat up Sunfire once I drove for a long time with no sticker, got pulled over once and the cop just said get that sticker fixed, didn't even ask for license, insurance, or registration.
I assume a DPS officer can still write a ticket for bald tires etc. In fact law enforcement can impound a vehicle if it is deemed unsafe. I think that will happen more often. No brake lights or something like that even today they can make up park it till it is fixed.
Finally, a state Legislature with some sanity. Also that Lady slipped up - the goal and plan is to get rid of certain vehicles, not to repair them at all.
I still have to do emissions in my county but at least I don't have to worry about my 5% tint failing anymore.
Bro, why her frames dont fit her face?
😂😂😂
She didn't get the frames inspected before buying.
Harris county they aren’t talking to you 😂
Aww come on man you for real? I was getting excited
They're talking to everyone in Texas. Inspections are gone in 6 months. You'll only have to get emissions test in Harris County.
Lol, it ended for me 4 years ago.
Best to have a vehicle over 25yr old
In my youth I drove some vehicles that absolutely weren’t road-worthy - bald tires, misalignments, castor and camber way off, smoking, leaking, all kinds of stuff. I knew these were operational and safety issues. I didn’t like fees or repair costs either, but after having avoided accidents due to my automobiles being in disrepair and now being grown, it gave me new perspective on the importance of some basic standards. But since I don’t live in Texas, I have no idea how it affects those who do.
"Get rid of them..." Code Word, Force U to Buy an Expensive, Higher Maintenance EV.
Right?! She couldn't help but say the quiet part out loud. 😂😂
Bruce out here scared he might lose the one thing that helps him feel masculine. Oh the humanity, whatever will he do without his f350 that's lifted so high it's lost all use as a truck.
@@guindle9291we get it, u hate what’s between ur legs…
In Texas? Ha! No.
Expensive? Definitely, but idk about higher maintenance lol
I will be interested to see what effects this has either way. I hope they break down any studies or statistics by year, make, and model.
The State can collect more revenue on none compliance tickets than on a $7.00 inspection
Which is why the will never legalize cannabis.
Legalization is whack. California grows are being sued for using pesticides. Lol
So if vehicle not inspected, police will receive $ for a ticket we get for vehicle not being right for the road?
My husband and I lived in Maryland for a few years in the mid-90's. The state law there required an inspection just once, when you bought a new or used car, or when you moved to the state. The fee was higher than we had paid in other states. I doubt that more-frequent inspections make any difference to traffic safety.
I was a TX inspector and have serious concerns when 2/32" of tread is OKY-DOKY fine but a burned out high beam indicator light will fail. I know of no inspection that has prevented any accident.
Government never gives up a fee if they can find a way to either keep it, raise it or start another one! Crooks want the $7.50 (for now) yet they admit they do nothing for it.
If the inspection goes away, what is the $7 fee for ?
We haven't had vehicle inspections for almost 20 years in Oklahoma. I don't miss the hassle of finding an inspection station and the waiting in line. Also nice to have a windshield free of any stupid stickers.
Honestly the roads are already unsafe because of people driving without a license or people coming from our southern border without a license. If they cared about safety perhaps raise the driving age and create tougher penalties for unlicensed drivers.
Here in SC, there is no inspection you would not believe me on what I see every day on the road here but I will tell you about one car a Chrysler 300 the whole car had donut spare tires on it and all of them were bald.If you can get it in gear you can drive it here in SC
Maryland has this 'fee' system, and makes a ton of money from it, just adding to the unaffordability for living in the state...many have homes across the state line in Penn.
I'm constantly stuck behind 20-30 yr old pick-ups with non working exhaust systems choking on the gray cloud whose drivers buy fake stickers at flea markets. Will that change? Doubtful.
Still emissions tests for 13 counties-brazoria, fort bend, Galveston, Harris,Collin,Dallas,Denton,Ellis,Johnson,Kaufman,Parker,rock wall,tarrant, Travis, Montgomery, Williamson
My father told me that in our home state vehicle inspections were implemented to get the garbage that some people were driving off the road
I don’t have to go that far but down the street. My neighbors car has so much front end damage that there’s only one head light and that one is barely there .
Safety is a great idea, however what you fail to consider is that people can drive without an inspection. I went 18 months one time. With the recent supreme court ruling "Chevron Deferance" I'm hoping that the emmisions testing requirement will soon be removed as well.
without yearly inspections, there will be intentional accidents and widespread insurance fraud
like the lowrider cars here in Houston, all riding their cars missing all kinds of stuff, heavy modifications & customizations that are illegal and having stations giving them a passing inspection 😢😮
Mods aren’t illegal. Inspections don’t stop accidents. Wtf with insurance fraud??? You sound a bit racist. Move to a whiter neighborhood? Low riders are awesome and they’re passing inspections or they wouldn’t be on the streets pissing you off.
There has never been a correlation between State vehicle inspections and highway safety.
The states without inspections do not have a worse vehicle safety issue.
Bullshit
*Absolutely 100% verifiably untrue.*
EVERY state that has done away with vehicle safety inspections have had completely-predictable spikes in crashes, properry damage, and injury/fatality crashes.
*FACTS.*
Wishing something was true doesn't make it so. I know they taught you that in sinday school while you were working on your book about a magic boat, but like so many things, that's not how the world works. Obviously, this isn't going to cause you to actually look anything up though.
@@gavinvalentino6002completely predictable ?
@@gavinvalentino6002you are absolutely wrong. There are many studies that dispute your claim. Oklahoma did away with them in 2001. They've done several studies that show no correlation between traffic incidents and abolishing state inspections. The only places your argument might have a leg to stand on are third world countries where every car is a death trap.
I had me a 2000 grand am that i finally got rid of last year. I drove that car for 11yrs without getting an inspection, cause my check engine light was on & it said my catalytic convertor was out. If it was really out, i wouldnt have been able to drive that car for that long. These computers in these cars are costing people to much money to try & figure out whats going on. I would get a old inspection sticker from a family member & cut the last number of the year out of mine & tape a new number in there for the next year or i would pay $50 for a passing inspection.
Is a check engine light part of emissions or safety?
Emissions
Inspection replacement fee?
Ok, those state inspections are needed for safety. I took the state inspectors class for my kid (mechanic) and the stories the instructor told us were funny but scary. Best one was a dude showed up for inspection with 4 spare tires, you know the little donuts that you can’t go over 55 on 😂.
The 17 Texas countries that require emissions inspections will still mandate annual tests regardless of the bill becoming law. These are Brazoria, Collin, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, El Paso, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Johnson, Kaufman, Montgomery, Parker, Rockwall, Tarrant, Travis and Williamson counties.
Which means the majority of Texans will still need to get an annual inspection.
lmaoo that lady slid up, and said we need to get rid of those vehicles
I recently bought an older truck and it 'passed' emissions without a catalytic converter. It was polluting like hell. I put a new cat on myself, I couldn't stand the stench.
We dont have inspection stickers its the same as the registration but i am glad this is ending.
I am also one who used to hate getting his vehicle inspected however, after watching enough of the “just rolled in” videos on RUclips I think this is a very bad idea.
Agreed. Anyone that thinks getting rid of inspections is a good idea should be required to watch 'just rolled in'.
I love how many times people come in, ask for an inspection and the car is literally falling apart, then decline all of the repairs and drive away.
These people are a danger to themselves _and other people_.
@@dancox3251the state inspection is a joke, it doesn’t inspection steering, suspension, frame, head light aim, etc…
@@user-ln7of9gs4s we're not in the rust belt.
Here is what the state checks which will... no longer be checked...
* Check for evidence of Financial Responsibility
1. Horn
2. Windshield Wipers
3. Mirror
4. Steering
5. Seat Belts
6. Brakes (system) (Parking - beginning with 1960 models)
7. Tires
8. Wheel Assembly
9. Exhaust System
10. Exhaust Emission System (beginning with 1968 models)
11. Beam Indicator (beginning with 1948 models)
12. Tail Lamps (2); (1) if 1959 model or earlier
13. Stop Lamps (2); (1) if 1959 model or earlier
14. License Plate Lamp (1)
15. Rear Red Reflectors (2)
16. Turn Signal Lamps (beginning with 1960 models)
17. Head Lamps (2)
18. Motor, Serial, or Vehicle Identification Number
19. Gas caps on vehicles 2-24 model years old
20. Window Tint.
21.License Plates (2)
@user 7in9
Sounds like they should change the inspection test then. Not just get rid of it.
I googled what is inspected in my state, and everything you mention was there
@@dancox3251 the Texas state inspection right now is are joke, they check your turn signals see if your wipers work and that’s about it. In fact where I live there’s a guy that you drive-in, say you need an inspection and He just starts filling out the paperwork and gives you the inspection, doesn’t even check the car. I would be in favor of something like Canada has, an MOT inspection.
I have lived inTexas for over 10 years.
State inspections need to go.
I have not seen a smoking vehicle since the 80s. Thank you racing for bringing us fuel injection and O2 sensors to make more power, cleaner and with better efficiency.
Cracked windows are for snow ridden areas.
So many of the inspection stations are a freeking rip-off.
Ohhh...look..your transmission gasket is showing wet on your 20 year old Chevy.
Meanwhile a BMW shows wet before 50k miles. And you thought all that plastic underneath was for MPGs.
Do you want clean air?
Plant more trees.
When someone starts "10% are creating 90%" when you know their full of crap because those numbers could come from anywhere. The state don't want to lose out on the fee's that were being paid to cover the cost of inspections and stickers so you will still be charged the say fee a yearly registration.
She said it out loud and then lied to correct herself.
...also, the issue isn't the inspections, those are important and I don't like that they're going away... The issue is the emissions BS. Get rid of that, keep the inspections (but let's get a little more common sense about them) and everyone wins except the tree hugger who wants to get rid of your combustion vehicle.
1:15 what vehicles specifically? 10% of private passenger vehicles? 10% of all vehicles on the road? 10% of all vehicles in the country, farm equipment, race cars, etc...?
I get that she is referring to inspection stickers which would indicate vehicles on the roads but I don't trust them. Like how they will say "42,000 people died as a result of gun violence." And while that is true it makes is seem like there were 42,000 homicides but in reality over half were self infected. Not the same "gun violence" they push on the news but it helps generate fear by "honestly" reporting the "facts".
Why do I pay the inspection FEE if not inspection is required???
They are time savers , last year i got pulled over 2 times and becuase i didnt have the inspection sticker in my new truck i had to pay 800$ in fines each time
When Your inspection is "Approved" its like the state deeming your vehicle completely safe to be on the road. If You crash you can sue the state for saying your car was safe when it possibly wasnt. States dont want to deal with lawsuits...other states got rid if inspections long ago
Still have to pay the fee .. they just don’t want to do the paperwork. Means it takes more money for them to file than the service itself. Not about saving the drivers time
Free at last,free at last.Thank God.Texas is free of emissions Emancipation proclamation.
No, the Emissions Test in the Counties that do it will still happen. Just no Safety Inspection.
Yeap. God did it.
Should be like a jury summons. When your name comes up you must swing by and get get inspected.
No, inspections help catch small problems early, before they become serious problems. In fact, they should include checking the engine fluids (oil, transmission fluid, power steering fluid, refrigerant, coolant, etc…) as these are the major causes of engine failure or low fuel economy (for non-EV vehicles.) A few quarts of motor oil is WAY cheaper than a new engine! And no one wants to get stuck without A/C on a hot, Texas summer day! 😊
Our only place locally to have ours inspected is planning on closing the doors the end of October. I guess if we have a November or December expiration we will just have to drive unregistered until January 2025!
Thank you abbot !!
We still have to pay the fee. There’s no reason to thank that chud.
What could possibly go right?
You're right. In Japan for example - if mandated that all citizens maintain their vehicles to a certain standard, without annual inspection - you'd likely have mass compliance.
But this is Houston. 😂😂😁😁 Swangaz will make an instant comeback.
I'm definitely upgrading to illegal tint. These safety checks have been what have dissuaded me but no more!
Welcome to the 13 states no vehicle inspection club. Hopefully more states follow.
40 million people (probly a lot more) get along just fine in ca without safety inspections