the states with don't turn in significantly fewer accidents or fatalities.
According to the GAO, there is no statistical difference in crashes or fatalities between states that mandate inspection and those that don't.
A fellow who operates an auto repair shop locally posted a YouTube video of a pickup truck losing its front tire causing a severe accident. He suggested this is why vehicle inspections were necessary. It wouldn't be the first time a mechanic failed to tighten lugnuts. I pointed that out to him in the comments section.
I was looking at an older Jeep in excellent shape with very low mileage. The seller mentioned it needed
a clutch bearing. Armed with the research I'd done, I called the same mechanic to get a quote. He quoted a price three times as high as the part I had already sourced. We're talking multiple hundreds of dollars for the same part. I understand people are in business to make money but...
The state issues these inspection licenses to these mechanics and we're at their mercy. Unless your vehicle fairly recently rolled off the assembly line, these guys always manage to find something that fails inspection.
There's got to be a better way.
and as you pointed out no statistical difference between states that inspect and states that don't so then it is just a tax and a way to make you spend more.
this video
https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1640070360098807809jacked up truck looks to be a chevy looses drivers front wheel it goes under a little Rav 4 looking Black suv and it flips end wise ?
look at the second to the last bounce of that tire , the rotor still looks to be attached , that or a wheel spacer
lifted truck , wheels outside the fenders , there are a lot of arguments that could be there
vehicle inspections are not the first one I would go with
if you have a shop in your area looking for more work right now , there is a reason , they are cooks or bad at what they do!
every shop around here is busy , all the time.
people who are bad at their jobs look for the government to create them easy money on inspections
for a commercial truck where the company will maximize profits till the driver is dead and several people around them
but in a POV where it is your tail in that crash , if your vehicle is unsafe to drive , that probably isn't your riskiest behavior.
we don't know the circumstances of that crash , or who put the wheel on, when , what hardware was in play if it was a wheel spacer or a sealed hub bearing unit that failed