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Originally Posted by kch
Nah, there are some states (midwest, plains area, and FL) that don't require an inspection at all.
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Interesting point about Florida. They did have a statewide vehicle inspection program at one time (up to about 1978 or so) which was disbanded by the then governor because his own personal RV failed the inspection. It's good to be the king.
During the time that this program was in force, my close friend had a run in with the police in Daytona concerning the inspection sticker on his car, a 67 Ford Fairlane with a nicely built out 289. The car admittedly looked like s**t, with really bad paint and other cosmetic issues. The day we went to the beach, however, he had had the car inspected THAT DAY at one of the Florida inspection stations. It passed with flying colors, since paint was not on the list of things to be inspected.
When we got to Daytona that evening, we did as everyone else was doing and drove on the beach. About thirty minutes after our arrival, a Daytona cop took a dislike to this guy's car and stopped us. He saw the new inspection sticker and determined in his own mind that my friend must have stolen it off another car, because there was "no way that this car passed inspection". He was
about to arrest my friend for what would have been a felony, when fortunately he was able to produce the receipt for the inspection carried out earlier that same day. This did not halt the hassling, though. He noticed that there were six passengers in a car that "officially" had a capacity of five (in a car with front and rear bench seats) and forced one of the people in the car to get out. Unbelievable.