POLITICS AND VEHICLE INSPECTION

SINCE THE PASSAGE OF THE HIGHWAY SAFETY ACT OF 1966, PERIODIC MOTOR VEHICLE INSPECTION HAS BEEN STARTED IN MANY NEW STATES AND REVITALIZED ON OTHERS. SOME STATES HAVE NOT YET JOINED IN THE MOVEMENT, AND IF THE COERCIVE LEVERAGE OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE REMOVED, OTHERS STATES MIGHT NOT RETAIN INSPECTION PROGRAMS. THERE HAS BEEN RESISTANCE TO THE ADDED COSTS OF INSPECTION ESPECIALLY AMONG POORER MOTORISTS. OBJECTIVE PROOF IS NEEDED THAT MOTOR VEHICLE INSPECTION CAN SIGNIFICANTLY ALTER ACCIDENT RATES. THE KINDS OF INSPECTION PROGRAMS IN DIFFERENT STATES AND THE REASONS MOTORISTS OBJECT TO THEM ARE DISCUSSED. /HSL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Highway Safety Research Institute

  Huron Parkway and Baxter Road
  Ann Arbor, MI  United States  48109
• Authors:
  • Little, J W
• Publication Date: 1968-9

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash rates; Inspection; Laws; Motor vehicles; Politics; Public opinion; Traffic crashes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Enforcement
• Subject Areas: Highways; Law; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00221191
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Report/Paper Numbers: 24 pp
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Apr 10 1971 12:00AM