tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-899412892057690390.post6682272288458494724..comments2024-01-03T19:31:59.663-05:00Comments on Blast Furnace Canada Blog: Yes to mandatory vehicle inspectionsBlastFurnacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02561725837264524099noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-899412892057690390.post-47109306597449319812008-05-25T11:25:00.000-04:002008-05-25T11:25:00.000-04:00Sorry to break the news from down here, but there ...Sorry to break the news from down here, but there is little evidence mandatory vehicle safety inspections do anything but collect more taxes for the state and help mechanics rip off drivers with unnecessary repairs. Many recent research studies bear this out. Only 18 states in the US still have them, and three have bills pending right now to end them. Don't go down that road. Cops can see Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-899412892057690390.post-36683138166597948422007-12-08T09:27:00.000-05:002007-12-08T09:27:00.000-05:00Ontario's test are emmission only every 2 years an...Ontario's test are emmission only every 2 years and a saftey only to be sold.Carter Apps, dabbler of stuffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12537543127195801256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-899412892057690390.post-71515651598415800212007-12-08T09:25:00.000-05:002007-12-08T09:25:00.000-05:00There are several advantages to inspection of vehi...There are several advantages to inspection of vehicles, yes the purley old and dangerous cars get taken off the road but we would also by default remove old cars which meet emission standards of their day yet are over polluting by todays standards. <BR/><BR/>It does not however just impact the old junkers it impacts all those cars that asshole gearheads modify for street racing, or in a manner Carter Apps, dabbler of stuffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12537543127195801256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-899412892057690390.post-21593866940162057052007-12-08T09:19:00.000-05:002007-12-08T09:19:00.000-05:00E-tests yes. But as for safety inspections ... if...E-tests yes. But as for safety inspections ... if that's the case, then someone's not enforcing the law. I only had to have my former vehicle, the trusty 87 Olds, safetied once -- when my mother died and the vehicle was transferred to me. That was in 1999. After that, until I disposed of it, I was never asked to have a single safety inspection. Not one. And I only got rid of it last year BlastFurnacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02561725837264524099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-899412892057690390.post-40689231890551310802007-12-08T08:50:00.000-05:002007-12-08T08:50:00.000-05:00Both Ontario and Quebec require vehicle inspection...Both Ontario and Quebec require vehicle inspections and emissions tests every two years, for cars over a certain age covering almost 60% of the population of CanadaS.K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00696246515215639169noreply@blogger.com