Jeep passed state safety "inspection"!
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Re: Jeep passed state safety "inspection"!
On Fri, 11 Jun 2004 01:08:39 UTC "DougW"
<post.replies@invalid.address> wrote:
> SP Cook did pass the time by typing:
> > Shaggie <blah@blah.com> wrote in message
> >
> >
> >> WHOO HOO! My inspection ran out at the end of last month and I was
> >> really worried about passing.
> >
> > Inspection stickers are just another tax, often combined with a
> > swindle from a easy-grader garageman. There is no known evidence
> > comparing traffic morbidity between a "sticker state" and a "no
> > sticker state" that has found ANY decrease in equipment related
> > failure morbidity in the sticker state.
>
> Tell you this much. Since Oklahoma did away with inspection stickers
> I have seen a marked increase in vehicles with no tail lights, single
> headlamps, almost-flat tires, and bald tires with cords showing.
>
> Three times I've nearly rear-ended some yahoo with NO working
> brake lamps or just one dimly lit lamp. I pay attention but it's
> just a matter of time before someone is too busy sucking down a starpukes
> coffee or chatting on the celly.
>
> After recent heavy rains here I counted no less than ten vehicles off
> the highway in the median or up on the fences. Can we say bald tires
> and careless driving.
>
> Seems the average driver these days is flatly too ignorant to properly
> maintain a vehicle and some too ignorant to have the right to drive period.
Doug, I was here when Colorado canned their "safety inspectiom" and
saw a rash of the same type of crap. That lasted 5-6 years and then
the crappers started to disappear from the roads. Now, it's more
common to see a cop writing a ticket for a bald tire than for wild
lane changes. Lights and tires will get you stopped here as fast as
speeding and bad tires mean a tow job. Now we have "emissions testing"
in Colorado, at least along the Front Range - I'll take the saftey
inspection any day since it's sooo much cheaper to get thru. Of
course, in the bad old days they did two things that I did like. They
tested the headlight ouput and alignment and we had to pull at least 2
brake drums to physically inspect the brakes (that will tell you how
long ago that was).
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Will Honea
<post.replies@invalid.address> wrote:
> SP Cook did pass the time by typing:
> > Shaggie <blah@blah.com> wrote in message
> >
> >
> >> WHOO HOO! My inspection ran out at the end of last month and I was
> >> really worried about passing.
> >
> > Inspection stickers are just another tax, often combined with a
> > swindle from a easy-grader garageman. There is no known evidence
> > comparing traffic morbidity between a "sticker state" and a "no
> > sticker state" that has found ANY decrease in equipment related
> > failure morbidity in the sticker state.
>
> Tell you this much. Since Oklahoma did away with inspection stickers
> I have seen a marked increase in vehicles with no tail lights, single
> headlamps, almost-flat tires, and bald tires with cords showing.
>
> Three times I've nearly rear-ended some yahoo with NO working
> brake lamps or just one dimly lit lamp. I pay attention but it's
> just a matter of time before someone is too busy sucking down a starpukes
> coffee or chatting on the celly.
>
> After recent heavy rains here I counted no less than ten vehicles off
> the highway in the median or up on the fences. Can we say bald tires
> and careless driving.
>
> Seems the average driver these days is flatly too ignorant to properly
> maintain a vehicle and some too ignorant to have the right to drive period.
Doug, I was here when Colorado canned their "safety inspectiom" and
saw a rash of the same type of crap. That lasted 5-6 years and then
the crappers started to disappear from the roads. Now, it's more
common to see a cop writing a ticket for a bald tire than for wild
lane changes. Lights and tires will get you stopped here as fast as
speeding and bad tires mean a tow job. Now we have "emissions testing"
in Colorado, at least along the Front Range - I'll take the saftey
inspection any day since it's sooo much cheaper to get thru. Of
course, in the bad old days they did two things that I did like. They
tested the headlight ouput and alignment and we had to pull at least 2
brake drums to physically inspect the brakes (that will tell you how
long ago that was).
--
Will Honea
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Re: Jeep passed state safety "inspection"!
Full of Okies.
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William Oliveri wrote:
>
> Where's the Front Range in Colorado? Given that, where's the Back Range?
>
> Bill
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William Oliveri wrote:
>
> Where's the Front Range in Colorado? Given that, where's the Back Range?
>
> Bill
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Re: Jeep passed state safety "inspection"!
Full of Okies.
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William Oliveri wrote:
>
> Where's the Front Range in Colorado? Given that, where's the Back Range?
>
> Bill
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William Oliveri wrote:
>
> Where's the Front Range in Colorado? Given that, where's the Back Range?
>
> Bill
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Re: Jeep passed state safety "inspection"!
Full of Okies.
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William Oliveri wrote:
>
> Where's the Front Range in Colorado? Given that, where's the Back Range?
>
> Bill
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William Oliveri wrote:
>
> Where's the Front Range in Colorado? Given that, where's the Back Range?
>
> Bill
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Re: Jeep passed state safety "inspection"!
Full of Okies.
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mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
William Oliveri wrote:
>
> Where's the Front Range in Colorado? Given that, where's the Back Range?
>
> Bill
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
William Oliveri wrote:
>
> Where's the Front Range in Colorado? Given that, where's the Back Range?
>
> Bill
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Re: Jeep passed state safety "inspection"!
Front range: where Kansas meets the Rockies.
On Fri, 11 Jun 2004 04:20:59 UTC "William Oliveri"
<wuji@bigvalley.net> wrote:
> "Will Honea" wrote in message
> > Now we have "emissions testing" in Colorado, at least along the Front
> Range
>
> Where's the Front Range in Colorado? Given that, where's the Back Range?
>
> Bill
>
>
>
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Will Honea
On Fri, 11 Jun 2004 04:20:59 UTC "William Oliveri"
<wuji@bigvalley.net> wrote:
> "Will Honea" wrote in message
> > Now we have "emissions testing" in Colorado, at least along the Front
> Range
>
> Where's the Front Range in Colorado? Given that, where's the Back Range?
>
> Bill
>
>
>
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Will Honea