Utah used to require safety inspections every year, but they eliminated them; there were no noticeable side effects [1].
"Safety Inspections" were generally just a grift for third-party repairshops to collect free money and I couldn't be happier that they are no longer a thing.
Be aware that "safety" and "emissions" are different. Emissions testing is still required biannually for newish vehicles and yearly for older ones.
That’s a really shallow interpretation of the data.
1. The safety inspections were never rigorous to begin with. Everyone who drives a piece of shit car in a state with safety inspections “knows a guy”. And in many urban areas, you can just drive around without an inspection.
2. Police very rarely sit at the roadside doing root cause analysis after an accident. If somebody loses control of their vehicle, they write a report for insurance or at most write them a ticket for failure to maintain control. So of course you don’t see a measurable increase in accidents due to faulty equipment. It’s because they rarely look for faulty equipment after an accident. So they aren’t measuring it.
"Free Money" from what? If they don't need repairing, they can't get it?
We have yearly inspections in the UK (twice yearly for any "public" carrying, like a taxi). If your vehicle is in working order you only pay the £39 fee
If it’s due on June 1, most people show up at the last minute. So you have time pressure which makes you vulnerable to upsell.
My girlfriend almost got swindled by this. She needed brake pads and rotors, and they tried to slide unnecessary fluid changes and other stuff. Like replacing a $14 air filter for $120.
"Safety Inspections" were generally just a grift for third-party repairshops to collect free money and I couldn't be happier that they are no longer a thing.
Be aware that "safety" and "emissions" are different. Emissions testing is still required biannually for newish vehicles and yearly for older ones.
[1] https://www.deseret.com/2017/3/9/20607904/lawmakers-remove-r...