A few years ago I went to a Laconia shop Union Avenue shop for a State Inspection. They told me my battery was only putting out 5 Amps. and my front brake pads were down to 20% and I would need a brake job soon.
I pointed out that with only 5 Amps the car wouldn't start and the car had a brake job, with new pads all around, about 2,000 miles before that inspection.
I called the corporate office, spoke to the District Manager, and said I realize the inspections are looked at as an opportunity to generate work, but what they were doing was fraud. He claimed to know nothing about what they were doing and said it was a new employee who inspected my car. He asked me to bring the car back so they could use it as a training experience for the employee. I declined.
I don't know all the ways it could go wrong but maybe a waiver for vehicles less than 3 year old with less than 25,000 miles on them would work. Since police look for inspection stickers the state could have a category for stickers that were $10 and the inspection station could confirm the mileage and year of the car and put a sticker on without an inspection. Just a thought.
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