On Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:23:52 -0500, Tom Francis - SWSports wrote:


I'm a little conflicted by this. Inspections are a PITA, but it is nice
to know that all those cars out there had their brakes working at least
once a year. ;-)

That was one of the big jokes here in CT with the old inspection system.
Never tested the brakes as such either dynamically or static but they'd
check it off the report for every inspection.

IIRC, your inspections are done at a licensed service station? Here, we
have designated inspection centers, which are relatively thorough.
There's a visual inspection for rust, cracked windows, etc., a tailpipe
emissions test, a dynamic wheel balancing/alignment test, and a dynamic
brake test. The problem here is, if you fail, you can be retested at a
regular licensed service station. There things get considerably easier,
costlier, but easier.

They finally got rid of that nonsense. I guess they figured if you
could make it to an inspection station, you passed. :)