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Where I live (Indiana, USA) the authorities would only find out I had a dead dashboard if I got into an accident and they discovered it while investigating. The

by avhon1 8y ago

Where I live (Indiana, USA) the authorities would only find out I had a dead dashboard if I got into an accident and they discovered it while investigating. There are no vehicle inspections, ever. As long as I continue to drive without causing incidents, my vehicle's condition is of little significance to anyone except me.

lazulicurio 8y ago
This is the case in most (AFAIK) of the US. Wikipedia has a map[1] summarizing required inspections state-by-state. Only ~1/3 have safety-related inspections. Emissions inspections are a bit more common, but nowhere near universal. I know where I live, it's common to see vehicles that would be unsafe driving at highway speeds, but no one cares as long as they work well enough for local driving. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_inspection_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_inspection_in_the_Unit...
cronix 8y ago
Or if they pull you over for something, but then the first thing they ask is to turn your car off so they'd never see it anyway. Usually you pull over, turn your car off and put your hands on the steering wheel so when the police approach they know you don't have a weapon in your hands, or at least that was the etiquette I was taught. > There are no vehicle inspections, ever. As long as I continue to drive without causing incidents, my vehicle's condition is of little significance to anyone except me. You don't have DEQ? While it doesn't cover the dashboard, it certainly covers other equipment on the car to know if you're polluting more than the set threshold. Edit: just saw the reply below mine as it wasn't there when I was typing. I didn't realize that DEQ (Dept. of Environmental Quality) wasn't a national thing. Every 2 years I have to take it in and they hook into the cars OBD2 port to read the cars computer to get the sensor readings. Before computers were in cars, they stuck a sensor up your tailpipe and you had to rev the car up to 6,000 RPM for a few minutes (something like that, it's been a long time). You'll probably remember the big volkswagon scandal over this for falsifying the data.
- int_19h 8y ago
  Depending on the state in question, there can be many exemptions for those tests - e.g. if a car is new enough, and certified to comply with some standard or another.

by avhon1 8y ago

lazulicurio 8y ago

This is the case in most (AFAIK) of the US. Wikipedia has a map[1] summarizing required inspections state-by-state. Only ~1/3 have safety-related inspections. Emissions inspections are a bit more common, but nowhere near universal. I know where I live, it's common to see vehicles that would be unsafe driving at highway speeds, but no one cares as long as they work well enough for local driving. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_inspection_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_inspection_in_the_Unit...

cronix 8y ago

Or if they pull you over for something, but then the first thing they ask is to turn your car off so they'd never see it anyway. Usually you pull over, turn your car off and put your hands on the steering wheel so when the police approach they know you don't have a weapon in your hands, or at least that was the etiquette I was taught. > There are no vehicle inspections, ever. As long as I continue to drive without causing incidents, my vehicle's condition is of little significance to anyone except me. You don't have DEQ? While it doesn't cover the dashboard, it certainly covers other equipment on the car to know if you're polluting more than the set threshold. Edit: just saw the reply below mine as it wasn't there when I was typing. I didn't realize that DEQ (Dept. of Environmental Quality) wasn't a national thing. Every 2 years I have to take it in and they hook into the cars OBD2 port to read the cars computer to get the sensor readings. Before computers were in cars, they stuck a sensor up your tailpipe and you had to rev the car up to 6,000 RPM for a few minutes (something like that, it's been a long time). You'll probably remember the big volkswagon scandal over this for falsifying the data.

int_19h 8y ago
Depending on the state in question, there can be many exemptions for those tests - e.g. if a car is new enough, and certified to comply with some standard or another.