JST said:In order to pass the "safety inspection," all auxiliary lights (such as fog lights) on your vehicle have to be in working condition.
Note, though, that these auxiliary lights are not required by law. You can remove them, or even just remove the wiring for them, and they will "not be considered" for inspection. However, if they are in place, they have to work. Why? I don't know, but it means that I have to get my damn foglight (which I never use) fixed before I have the car inspected.
What a racket.
JST said:In order to pass the "safety inspection," all auxiliary lights (such as fog lights) on your vehicle have to be in working condition.
Note, though, that these auxiliary lights are not required by law. You can remove them, or even just remove the wiring for them, and they will "not be considered" for inspection. However, if they are in place, they have to work. Why? I don't know, but it means that I have to get my damn foglight (which I never use) fixed before I have the car inspected.
What a racket.
Plaz said:There's no regular inspection at all in CA. Just periodic emissions testing.
Thought that was very strange, having moved from NJ where the yearly ritual of having a state employee plaster a big obtrusive sticker on the drivers' side of the windshield is de rigeur.
:dunno:
Kaz said:Wow, and people complain about the emissions testing here in CA.
Around here they don't care if you don't even HAVE any lights (or windows or a hood) to smog you and get your car renewed. The cops might eventually care but not for registration purposes
Jetfire said:Yeah, VA's inspections stink. :thumbdwn: Yet another reason why Maryland (where I was born and grown) is the better state.
The HACK said:
And that's every OTHER year too.
Kaz said:Around here they don't care if you don't even HAVE any lights...to smog you and get your car renewed.
Patrick 320d said:Circle BMW also sells fog light protective covers that prevent rocks from cracking the fog light lens.
Nat Brown said:I recommend Xpel for protecting fog lights and head lights. I bought Xpel after losing a fog light within a week of taking delivery of my car in the US.
--gary
Michael330 said:As Plaz said, no inspection in Cali. Just a stupid emission test which takes 5-10 minutes. As someone who came here from Europe I always find it funny that there are all these different laws in different states and even counties: different taxes, traffic laws, in some you can't buy alcohol, in some you have to buy it from the county, different education policies, in some you can't have anal sex... and so on and so forth. It seems like an anachronism. Maybe this made sense when there were all these independent colonies but now? I think they should just unite the whole nation and get rid of these states.