That will get you into needing the FMSCA inspection when State lines are crossed.

I hate licenses because they are nothing but a tax. A state inspection is a type of license. That being said, I have an inspector's license so let me clear up a few things. Oklahoma has gone without inspections for quite a good many years and leave equipment violations to law enforcement instead of a separate entity funded by tax dollars. The old way was not cost effective for the State and also failed to get the intended results. Most inspectors don't know all the rules because they only, in general, perform inspections on one ton or less trucks and cars. In order to get a license you have to pass a test that includes inspection procedures for trailers, semi trailers, pole trailers, school buses, motorcycles, etc. Also, there are cases where inspection rules and traffic laws do not agree. As far as some of the other tactics...here is the State mandated order of operation.

Proof of insurance is FIRST. If there is none, inspection does not commence.

Once insurance is provided, the inspection begins and DOES NOT END until complete. This means pass or fail, operator pays inspection fee and is not obligated at all to pay for ANY repair.

Upon completion, the inspector must enter any items causing a failure into the system.

If there are any items preventing a passed inspection, the vehicle operator has the choice of paying and leaving (to repair himself or elsewhere) or paying and having that facility make repairs (if in fact they are capable). Operator has a few days to repair and reinspect.

Re-inspection is FREE (within the time limit) at the same facility and ONLY the items(s) that previously failed are inspected. You CANNOT fail for a new reason if still inside the re-inspection window.

If a vehicle fails and the operator takes it to a different facility, the inspector will by notified by the computer system the vehicle failed elsewhere.

Don't put up with upsales if you think it's not legit. Report places that don't give you a completed inspection when they say you failed.

Or just wait a bit and it all goes away. I'd bet more people get pulled over in my town for a headlight out than for speeding so law enforcement is already doing better than the inspectors.

Guy that does my inspections said commercial vehicles will still need to be inspected. Is that 1 ton trucks and over?

Gas, thats good stuff, thanks.

Only 13 states require vehicle inspections now. Be glad when it’s gone.

Ole trash can Dan loves government protection!

I doubt it. Most one tons are not commercial. My educated guess is anything registered as commercial according to license plates.

This with the vehicle inspections going away will in turn lead to the lower income group that doesnt give a carp about thier vehicle or anyone around them to now not have to replace that one headlight that went out. Why replace it when they can turn on thier bright lights and Voila, we's gots lights. Then everyone else on the raodway is blinded.

This^

It’s always been that way. This doesn’t change that.

The law change will not create the scenario you describe because it already exists. You people are really relying on the State to keep you safe on the roads?


And therefore 85% (conservatively) of shops breathe a giant sigh of relief.


Mathing is hard for some people. You left out the MASSIVE expenses to the State they will no longer pay. Those expenses FAR outweigh a petty little $7 per inspection.

Aside from inspection only shops, just how much profit do you think an inspection station makes? I can tell you that EVERY new car dealer LOSES money doing inspections. It costs more in labor than what is received. Maybe one vehicle per 18 months gets a repair at my place of employment related to a state inspection. A great majority of non-franchise shops don't even do inspections because it's not profitable. New car dealers wouldn't even do them if it weren't necessary to sell cars. Lastly, most inspection-only shops are foreign owned anyway so I don't care much about the effect on them.