Comment on Car crashes have killed and seriously injured roughly the same number of people as shootings in Chicago this year. Only one of these things is treated as a safety crisis in the media

• thejml@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Mine has been arguing this point for a while. Apparently there wasn’t really a drop of issues here when they went into place, so they question the usefulness.

  That said, they’re just done incorrectly in the first place. They are done by dealers/shops that lose money in doing them and are instead banking on charging you lots of money for problems they find and hope you get fixed with them. They need be done at an independent run spot with no interest in anything but safety and no way to be bought out.

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  • AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Wouldn’t the dealers / shops by the most motivated to find the problems, if that’s the case?

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    • thejml@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Over my 25 yrs driving and getting inspected here, I’ve found a mix of issues… I always inspect my car before dropping it off, most times in their own parking lot.

      • good old boys that don’t care and pass it without obviously checking because they know they won’t make money on it anyway.
      • ones that talk down to my wife because she must just believe any BS they make up (until I get involved, call them out, the apologize and I don’t go back)
      • dealers that make problems for you to have to fix (had two places… one obviously shoved a screwdriver through my CV boot that was fine when I drove it in and wanted $989 to fix. The other said I was missing lug nuts that I know were there when I dropped it off and wanted to charge me $5/each plus $100 installation.)
      • places that are actually good and fair.

      One issue with the first is that the state doesn’t actually pay them enough per hour that it makes sense to take their time and do it right… they just crank them through finding obviously high money making issues and skipping the rest.

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    • Crashumbc@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      They’re so motivated, they find problems that don’t exist!

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• dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Texas?

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• thisorthatorwhatever@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Inspections were cancelled because it was shown that they actually led to more accidents. A small percentage of the time mechanics didn’t tighten bolts, back on correctly, after removing a wheel to inspect brake pads. The vast majority of accidents are caused by speeding, not because a wheel brakes free and the car swerved.

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  • Lifecoach5000@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Hmmm never heard this one. I am pretty sure my state doesn’t require inspection of the actual pads.

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