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[two_bit_score]

I'm not the one who says that they don't. I know of numerous accidents due to mechanical failure, including two which I have cited in this thread. This spring a state trooper was killed while helping a motorist who went off the road; he was struck by a tractor trailer tire and wheel which had come off a passing semi. A local man was seriously injured a couple of years ago when he hit a bump and the frame on his Subaru failed.

A question I've asked before, yet nobody has answered; even though you don't have inspections, are you still required to keep them safe?
If an officer hears metal on metal when you put on the brakes, is he allowed to pull you over and require that you get it fixed? If so, does it happen?

There are 3 really good ways to keep an unnecessary law on the books. 1) claim it’s for the purpose of “public protection or 2) claim its “for the children” or 3) both.

99.9% of the time it’s really about money that can be made as the result of government compelling compliance with needless but meddlesome and aggravating regulations.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

There are 3 really good ways to keep an unnecessary law on the books. 1) claim it’s for the purpose of “public protection or 2) claim its “for the children” or 3) both.

99.9% of the time it’s really about money that can be made as the result of government compelling compliance with needless but meddlesome and aggravating regulations.

Like emissions inspections, only a very small number fail.

 

[4570Man]

I saw this guy today.

 

[DieselBound]

There are 3 really good ways to keep an unnecessary law on the books. 1) claim it’s for the purpose of “public protection or 2) claim its “for the children” or 3) both.

99.9% of the time it’s really about money that can be made as the result of government compelling compliance with needless but meddlesome and aggravating regulations.

Injecting "unnecessary" pretty much biases your point, does it not?

YOU may believe that something is "unnecessary," but that don't mean that it is.

Anecdotals for extremes for just about everything can be found.

If inspections are meaningless then we ought to consider getting rid of all of them, even for trucking. And while we're at it, let's do away with driver certification as well.

 

[4570Man]

And while we're at it, let's do away with driver certification as well.

You might as well. What would it take to fail? Crashing and killing the examiner maybe?

 

[two_bit_score]

I'm not the one who says that they don't. I know of numerous accidents due to mechanical failure, including two which I have cited in this thread. This spring a state trooper was killed while helping a motorist who went off the road; he was struck by a tractor trailer tire and wheel which had come off a passing semi. A local man was seriously injured a couple of years ago when he hit a bump and the frame on his Subaru failed.

A question I've asked before, yet nobody has answered; even though you don't have inspections, are you still required to keep them safe?
If an officer hears metal on metal when you put on the brakes, is he allowed to pull you over and require that you get it fixed? If so, does it happen?

There are so many flaws in the logic of this post it’s unreal. First of all you didn’t ‘cite’ any case. You mentioned two anecdotes without actually citing any verifiable references of causal connection between a safety inspection and the two situations you mention.

Your final statement is an argument against your first. In those two situations the failure was the cause of enforcement unless you expect us to believe that nothing was done to penalize the operator IF in fact they had some responsibility for the failure.

Just because a mechanical failure occurred doesn’t automatically mean it would have been prevented by a law requiring the normal vehicle inspection. Your statements imply that because states require motor vehicle inspections that there would never be accidents caused by mechanical failures because everyone complies with the law.

That’s the same thinking as assuming that government can eliminate crime by having gun free zones.

And most states do have laws prohibiting operation of dangerous vehicles on public roadways, by the way.


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[DieselBound]

You might as well. What would it take to fail? Crashing and killing the examiner maybe?

Of course. And, we should get rid of airline safety too! Big corporations would be able to get out of any damage claims because, well, because: "It was an act of god!"

 

[4570Man]

Of course. And, we should get rid of airline safety too! Big corporations would be able to get out of any damage claims because, well, because: "It was an act of god!"

The testing for a CDL is more strict but do you think a regular DL is much more than a piece of plastic? Maybe a useful piece of ID but completely useless for a qualification on your driving ability.

 

[two_bit_score]

And while we're at it, let's do away with driver certification as well.

You might as well. What would it take to fail? Crashing and killing the examiner maybe?

The fact is that many states pretty much have already. Some allow parents to teach kids how to drive without using any formal school or curriculum. As long as the kids can pass a very short road test with an officer that doesn’t even include parallel parking they get a license. Both my sons were licensed this way and neither has ever been in an accident. They are very safe drivers.

 

[two_bit_score]

Like emissions inspections, only a very small number fail.

Ahhhh, emissions. What a scam that is. In some states emissions testing only applies to certain counties! So in Harris County I have to be emissions tested but the next county over somehow has an invisible barrier that keeps the emissions out!? Kinda like the old ‘smoking section’ that was right next to the ‘non smoking section’!!!

In reality speed probably is the most dangerous factor and states are raising the speed limits on rural highways to ridiculous. You can drive 85mph on some highways now.

The fact is you are never going to regulate human behavior to such an extent that ALL accidents will be eliminated.


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