Wednesday, Governor Perdue attended the N.C. Governor’s Conference for Women, and an interesting soundbite she through out there was a possible overhaul or elimination of the yearly North Carolina Car Inspection system. Perdue said she has told the Department of Motor Vehicles to “give us a detailed assessment of the program.” She said there needs to be a “whole examination” because we “need to know if we need this kind of system.” Perdue was responding to stories by The News & Observer and the Charlotte Observer raising questions about whether the inspections are reliable, effective and necessary. Inspection garages report finding safety flaws in one out of every 10 safety inspections, failing 3 percent of the cars and making repairs necessary to pass another 7 percent. An investigation by the papers showed rampant fraud by workers at several of those garages – some gouging customers with unnecessary services and others taking bribes to falsify results to pass vehicles that actually fail. You can read more about it here.
Do you think the state inspection system is flawed? Is it necessary?
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Based on personal experiences, this would not be a bad area to look in to. I am all for bringing morality and integrity back in to play. Like everything else, all the apples are not bad and the good apples should have nothing to worry about.