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Virginia car safety inspections - delayed to 5/19 or 5/31? (inside) -- FfxStationHokie 05/13/2020 12:30PM Breaking...some DMV locations opening Monday (appt only) ** -- 48zip 05/13/2020 3:52PM We get 5 months extra in NC... woohoo -- MR2 Hokies 05/13/2020 2:56PM That reminds me I have 13 days to renew my driver's license. -- Hokie CPA 05/13/2020 2:33PM Good luck! ** -- EDGEMAN 05/13/2020 4:03PM You have to get a sticker to drive a car? is it a gold star? where do they -- bigbadbird 05/13/2020 2:24PM 60-day grace period, just talked to the State Police Inspection Office . -- hokietony 05/13/2020 1:26PM They should scrap the whole inspection requirement -- Rinoki21 05/13/2020 1:03PM My old man felt the opposite. When he moved to SC, where there are no -- Hokie CPA 05/13/2020 2:37PM A lot of that is demographic dependant; people with better than average -- vt_mughal 05/13/2020 2:32PM People like to be able to see at night and in the rain - well most people ** -- bigbadbird 05/13/2020 2:26PM And they need to pay the state a fee to figure that out? -- Vienna_Hokie 05/13/2020 3:53PM It's a revenue thing ** -- EDGEMAN 05/13/2020 1:46PM $16 a year??? No way it pays for itself ** -- LaneRat 05/13/2020 1:48PM Plus $10 to change a $1 bulb so you don't have to come back for reinspect ** -- Vienna_Hokie 05/13/2020 3:55PM Well, there are 7.5 million registered cars in VA🤔 ** -- VTMONEY94 05/13/2020 1:54PM Not revenue for the state. Revenue for the shops. -- Beerman 05/13/2020 1:52PM The inspection itself is a money loser for the shops but if there is -- vt_mughal 05/13/2020 2:26PM Not a scam. Rent seeking. ** -- Beerman 05/13/2020 3:24PM Maybe so...maybe so ** -- LaneRat 05/13/2020 2:24PM Yep, badda-bing $16 turns into $160 ** -- `lag 05/13/2020 1:56PM $20 now, just got home from getting my truck inspected. ** -- BTHokie 05/13/2020 1:51PM What is this individual freedom of which you speak? ** -- Hokie1992 05/13/2020 1:34PM I'll bet the inspection requirement is driven by auto repair lobby more -- Hokie360 05/13/2020 1:19PM I think polls say the general public favors them in VA. I know I do. ** -- 48zip 05/13/2020 3:34PM That's why new car dealers offer free inspections. Just another -- IB4TECH 05/13/2020 2:16PM Hey, it's all about safety -- Tafkam Hokie 05/13/2020 1:26PM Especially children's safety ** -- LaneRat 05/13/2020 1:49PM They tried that last session, but the bill didn't get much traction. ** -- HokieNoVA 05/13/2020 1:13PM I'm sure that effort was exhausting. ** -- DonHo-kieHi 05/13/2020 1:17PM Well yeah,that's why they finally put the brakes on it. ** -- `lag 05/13/2020 1:20PM Probably just a tired re-tread of prior attempts. ** -- Hokie360 05/13/2020 1:20PM It’s a very fluid situation ? ** -- Rinoki21 05/13/2020 1:44PM Just a signal that they should try a different approach ** -- DonHo-kieHi 05/13/2020 1:48PM Steer it somewhere else, I agry ** -- Brown Water 05/13/2020 2:22PM Dont know why people have a problem with VA safety inspections -- vt_mughal 05/13/2020 12:57PM Agree. When I lived in Tenn there was no safety inspection. And you -- HokieNLot11 05/13/2020 2:58PM Agry. Most people would drive around with a burnt out taillight -- Tafkam Hokie 05/13/2020 1:07PM ...ensures every vehicle has enough blinker fluid ** -- chumley 05/13/2020 1:03PM And you know when to rotate the air in your tires. ** -- Spud 05/13/2020 1:12PM Good in theory - main beef is safety inspecs for new cars ** -- FfxStationHokie 05/13/2020 1:02PM They used to be 1 yr when older cars were 6 months, IIRC ** -- 48zip 05/13/2020 3:37PM Hmm. New cars can skip 1st year inspections in VA. So 2 yrs! ** -- 48zip 05/13/2020 3:41PM Agree that there could be some discounted sticker price for new car. -- Spud 05/13/2020 1:14PM I think there should be 3-4 yr waiver for new cars ** -- FfxStationHokie 05/13/2020 1:17PM FWIW, I did have a brake light burn out before my car was a year old -- Tafkam Hokie 05/13/2020 1:27PM Uhhh there is ** -- Nova Hokie 95 05/13/2020 1:22PM Wait that’s for emissions. Nvm. ** -- Nova Hokie 95 05/13/2020 1:24PM New cars get two years. ** -- 48zip 05/13/2020 3:42PM Just get rid of them ** -- hoosnowahokie 05/13/2020 12:46PM Maryland's basically done that. just test for functioning pollution control -- `lag 05/13/2020 1:06PM Anti-shun -- EDGEMAN 05/13/2020 1:48PM 90 day extension. Straight from a trooper. ** -- LaneRat 05/13/2020 12:44PM To 6/19 or 90days from when your state inspec sticker expires? ** -- FfxStationHokie 05/13/2020 12:47PM A 4/20 sticker is good thru 7/29/2020 -- LaneRat 05/13/2020 12:51PM Thx! ** -- FfxStationHokie 05/13/2020 12:53PM That is one thing I am really not looking forward to when I move back ** -- Vienna_Hokie 05/13/2020 12:33PM Its not a root canal. its a safety inspection. ** -- vt_mughal 05/13/2020 2:33PM ^^^^^^owns a car repair shop that dies inspections -- Vienna_Hokie 05/13/2020 3:45PM They have no insp in Fla. Son's insurance tripled when he moved there ** -- LaneRat 05/13/2020 12:45PM Mine was very high when I lived in Miami ** -- EDGEMAN 05/13/2020 1:49PM Agree it is somewhat ridiculous - especially for new cars ** -- FfxStationHokie 05/13/2020 12:37PM Not sure, but I'm leaving now to get my truck inspected...expired 4/30. ** -- BTHokie 05/13/2020 12:32PMTech Sideline is Presented By:
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