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sk734
Mar 15, 2015Explorer
pulsar wrote:Where does the rest of the money go?
North Carolina has long required inspection of trailers with GWR of 4000 lbs or greater.
Every couple of years, our state legislature introduces a bill to repeal the inspection requirements.
I think vehicle inspection requirement is a good idea. According the AAA, "In states that still have the mandated inspections, as opposed to those that don't, accidents are about 27 percent less,"
In NC, I don't see how one can argue that the inspection requirement is a state money grab. The state get $0.85 for a vehicle inspection; the inspection station receives $12.75. The state's 85¢ is distributed as follows: 55¢ to highway fund, 18¢ to Volunteer Rescue/EMS Fund, 12¢ to Rescue Squad Workers' Relief Fund.
There is a different fee structure if an emission test is required but, in NC, motorhomes (and trailers, of course) are exempt from the emission requirement.
Tom
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