Texas will end vehicle inspections in 2025

[@danteekel8389]

Lawmakers got this one backward. They should have kept the safety inspection and ditched the emissions testing. There are many low income people with expired vehicle registrations because their check engine light is on. It cannot pass emissions testing this way and often times the repair is prohibitively expensive. Even if the car runs perfectly fine as long as there is a check engine light it will not pass. What a dumb law.

[@twostep919]

Too many regulations on tax paying citizens and not enough for companies with decreasing build quality. Government only cares about revenue, not protecting people.

[@yay4meluigi]

Wait, so will Texas still require emissions testing? We don’t have any of this stuff in Michigan.

[@GregariousAntithesis]

@@danteekel8389 the primary reason a check engine light comes on is emissions.

[@GregariousAntithesis]

@@yay4meluigi if you live in the counties surrounding large cities like DFW you still have to do emissions test.

[@jeremymcpherson7334]

Big mistake getting rid of the state inspection especially for rusted out vehicles that should not be on the road they are Hazardous to anybody on the road with them but you'll find out when there's more accidents and more deaths

[@JoshuaFrick3]

We already have a boatload of people moving to Texas who don't have any clue how to drive. Now, they might be driving on bald tires or have other problems with their vehicles. What could possibly go wrong?

[@Zonker66]

Fine, but the penalties for letting your car fall apart should go up as well. If you're going to be responsible for your car's safety, than that responsibility is on you.

[@odavis1364]

Mechanical issues are responsible for less than 3 percent of wrecks. Usually they are due to driver error. We have no inspections in Tennessee and it’s really not an issue

[@twostep919]

Insurance covers that, pay more taxes if you’re desperate to give your money to Uncle Sam.

[@Bill-im6nt]

@@twostep919 That must be your problem, you got scammed! You don't have to pay for a Federal Car Inspection! And I can't imagine what insurance to repair your car when it falls apart costs!!

[@GregariousAntithesis]

Still have to get a smog check so same difference

[@neilchilders5442]

I'm glad we don't do that either in Mississippi

[@charlestoole1789]

Not on vehicles 25 years old and older, they are emissions exempt.

[@keefparadise1597]

Silly smog check not required in my county. Only required in 17 of the 254 counties.

[@GregariousAntithesis]

@@keefparadise1597 DFW area it is required as well as the majority of large cities

[@briankenison7995]

Ridiculous. I can't wait to see how much their insurance rates go up. I wish every state had a 6-month inspection. People will drive literally anything down the road. That shouldn't be allowed. I can't wait to see all the wheels flying off rear end collisions. The increase in gas fires is going to be astronomical. People don't fix stuff most people are dumb. How many of you did your yearly maintenance on your furnace this year? Hell people can't even keep up with the paint on their house.

[@twostep919]

You’re a little tyrant huh? Pay more taxes if you want to waste your money, the rest of us are tired of being nickeled and dimed for every “hazard” the government can imagine.

[@MonkeyJedi99]

"No purpose and no useful benefit." Seriously? Keeping vehicles with wandering steering, failing brakes, rotting frames, missing airbags and more away from people who don't want to die just to drive somewhere has no purpose or benefit? Is that guy in the pocket of low-end used car dealers? I didn't know Buy Here Pay Here could afford politicians, but given how little they spend making sure the cars they sell have clean titles...

[@MonkeyJedi99]

@@twostep919 When Bubba No-Wrench barrels into your living room at 80MPH because his failing brakes finally gave up the ghost, or Helen HOA's SUV loses an entire wheel and swerves into your car on the highway putting you in the hospital for two weeks, I want you to remember how the government is "inventing" hazards.

[@jeepguy4499]

Doesn’t mention anywhere that the government isn’t lowering the cost at all, they just keep the inspection fee too

[@Bill-im6nt]

Texans can count on all the outstanding auto dealerships they have for buying a safe car! And after that, just wait until it hits something to get it fixed.

[@jeretso]

I've always wanted a Mad Max vehicle. No lights. No problem

[@ellwoodwolf]

All the major cities will be full of junkers, unsafe brakes, leaking oil, this is a horrible idea- just make checks 1 dollar .... THEY SERVE A PURPOSE.

[@jeepguy4499]

Way to go Texas!!! Did they happen to mention the inspection fee has become part of the registration fee. Basically, the government gets more money at the expense of safety.

[@rongendron8705]

Vehicles should only be inspected every two years, when the registration is due! Every year is 'overkill'!

[@jasonhas7456]

Never

[@neilchilders5442]

Mississippi hasn't had inspection stickers in 15 years.

[@jeepguy4499]

Thank you for making Texas look good by comparison.

[@PaulaDautremont]

Does this include smog testing?

[@charlestoole1789]

No such thing any more, that ended years ago.

[@PaulaDautremont]

@@charlestoole1789 Maybe where you live but not where I do.

[@TIMOTHYwhitmer]

Another no PERS job win.

[@markirving9022]

About time. I thought. The only place vehicle inspections were required was in California.

[@jeepguy4499]

Don’t worry, the government is just pocketing the inspiration fee for themselves, the cost to register now includes that $7.

[@MonkeyJedi99]

You are wrong. fifteen states (soon fourteen, Texas) have periodic vehicle inspections. Sixteen more states have periodic emissions testing. California is one of the states with emissions testing, but not full vehicle inspection. - So you were as wrong as you could have been.

[@timsgarage1356]

ABSOLUTE BS

[@bradleymcwilliams6348]

A vehicle with a passed inspection only shows that for one moment, on that one day, that in the opinion of that one technician, this vehicle was compliant with basic safety standards. A week later that same vehicle could be a menace to society, but hey it's got a current sticker on it. Think of this way, if you were stopped for bald tires in July, but you showed the officer your inspection sticker from last February, should you be excused for the bald tires the car now has? You've got 6 months of good inspection left, so the car is fine, right? They're pointless...

[@MonkeyJedi99]

No, not pointless. Though, if you are wearing out tires that fast, you are either driving ten thousand miles a month, or you drive like a teenager with no financial stake in the car.

[@bradleymcwilliams6348]

@@MonkeyJedi99 Has nothing to do with the life of your tires. New tires are not required to pass inspection. A tire with 1/32" of tread over the pass/fail limit would pass. Annual inspections are totally pointless

[@manbeerpigs16]

One less thing to worry about... yeah ok

[@MonkeyJedi99]

Now you get to worry if the pickup in the lane next to you is swerving because of phone use, drug/alcohol use, and/or the steering system rotting away. Win! Enjoy your freedom as the fire department is extricating you from your crushed car.

[@kicka55x2]

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[@Hoodbilly1776]

Now you guys are going to have oil puddles and all kinds of junky cars everywhere

[@twostep919]

Better that than citizens who can’t afford transport because of a regulation heavy government.

[@Hoodbilly1776]

@twostep919 I'm in Detroit and I wish we had those rules you have. Buying a used car would be so much better down there because of checks and balances you know that it hasn't been sitting and so on and so on... Just wait you'll see.. now school of choice won't be the only way they're infiltrating the suburbs 🤣

[@mrFalconlem]

@@twostep919 or maintain your car instead of buying 200 bucks of lottery tickets !

[@matt_b...]

I appreciate how Gary Stewart, auto mechanic, is suddenly an expert in vehicle safety statistics

[@mrFalconlem]

Pretty dumb, Im from Kentucky we have no type of inspection and there are a lot of pos cars on the road here endangering others, and yea i voted for Trump, its just common sense to have standards, otherwise lets all just ignore stop signs, go up any side of the road we want😮