Our neighbors in New Hampshire

Have eliminated forced inspections for private automobiles backed by state law, if you want to get your car inspected you can if you don’t then the state can’t fine you.
I always thought it was a bit of a scam to force fairly new cars to have inspections every year, it seems more like another revenue stream for the state….
Does your state have forced inspections?

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DrWatson · 70-79, M

I have owned a car in Wisconsin and Minnesota, neither of which has state inspections. But I grew up in New York, and I remember my dad taking cars in for inspections there.

We did live in North Carolina for several months. The car had issues with the cooling system, and one mechanic jerry-rigged a fix where the engine fan simply was on all the time. He said it was good for a while, but it would never pass inspection. I told him I didn't mind, as I was not never going to register the car in North Carolina.

A friend of mine from Pennsylvania complained that you could fail inspection for the tiniest of things. It does seem to me that inspections CAN be overkill in practice, even if a good idea in theory.