Pa. state car inspections

[Ginger's Mom]

Here in New Jersey a new car does not have to be inspected until it is four years old (not sure about people coming into the state with cars under four years old), then it has to be inspected every two years. It is done by State Inspectors, so there is no charge, and no mechanics looking for things to find wrong, but you can wait in line for a long time. Personally I think the longest I have sat in an inspection line was about an hour and 20 minutes, but you hear some stories of two hour or more waiting times.

[Daisy and Delilah]

Our inspections in Florida were done by state inspectors too, Joyce. There were no mechanics looking to make money either. It was basically an honest inspection and it let us know what was wrong with our cars. We didn't have to pay anything and sometimes the wait was longer than desired. The advantage was that it kept all the junky cars off the road. People were made responsible to keep their vehicles up to par. In Florida, it really was more beneficial to all of us than it was anything else.

To the best of my knowledge; Florida dropped inspections way over six years ago. It seems more like over 20 years.