Map of States Without Periodic Car Inspections or Car Property Taxes [1734x1108 - 2.16MB]

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Ohio. If you can drive, you can drive it.

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The way it should be.

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To a point. I've seen things on the road here that I wouldn't even drive, and I've driven things that shed parts as you were going down the road.

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I've driven things

You have two choices:

A) I, Stupidbird, lied about being a bird B) I, Stupidbird, lied about driving things

Choose wisely.

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In theory I don't mind the annual safety inspections in Virginia, because they can catch stuff people wouldn't otherwise notice until it's too late. In practice it doesn't seem to make much sense since at least half the cars around here are from other states which aren't subject to the same standards.

Fortunately my car is old enough that its value assessed by my county is not enough to incur property tax anymore.

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In theory I don't mind the annual safety inspections in Virginia, because they can catch stuff people wouldn't otherwise notice until it's too late. In practice it doesn't seem to make much sense since at least half the cars around here are from other states which aren't subject to the same standards.

So, out of curiosity I looked into this.

I think that the state would do better by allowing motorists to get a subsidy towards their automobile insurance in the state if they have regular inspections instead of mandating them.

$20 ain't bad for all the systems that are inspected though. And most people suck at looking at things. That doesn't mean you force them to have a surveyor check things out or get a fine.

For example if your house catches on fire it might cause damage to your neighbors house and even lead to people's death. People could argue that for this reason you now have to have an anual home inspection where they check your smoke detectors, electrical wiring, chimney flu, oven cleanliness, etc.

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NY state requires safety inspections, as does MD. The map is off as far as inspections in states marked as green at least. I dont know about periodic car taxes in these places.

I fucking hated MD -- SS13-402 -- A new resident of MD has 60 days to register his vehicle.Upon which a 6% exicse tax will be collected on the value of the vic, for vics under 7, seven and older its a different calc, but still a tax.

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The states highlighted in green (including NY) allow you car to be registered in another state, which can be taken advantage of by registering your car in one of the states highlighted in blue.