That's the first attempt by anybody to answer it.. and after the third time asking. I won't agree or disagree that mandatory inspections are a sham; yet at least once a year somebody is looking at them who knows something about mechanics. How does an LEO "observe" that somebody's rear brakes aren't working? Stopping somebody because they have a license plate out isn't for safety reasons; rather, it's an excuse to check for other things.
I would say that a frame failing, Brake lines pinched off because the wheel cylinder was leaking, or a kid's foot getting destroyed because it went through the rusty floorboards after the truck suddenly veered off the road is more than an anecdote. I will state further that if you don't see a problem with mounting tube type tires without a tube, I hope that somebody else does your mechanical work for you. "Self serving conclusions?" I was asking questions, trying to determine if those states without inspections had ways of addressing unsafe vehicles or if driving down your roads was just a crap shoot. Lastly. I posted quotes with corresponding links which indicate that there really is no way of knowing how many accidents are caused by mechanical failure because nobody tracks it; yet North Carolina is a state which implemented them because at the time there were, indeed a lot of accidents caused by unsafe vehicles.
You will note that I did not cherry pick links which supported what you purport to be my "unsubstantiated, self serving argumentative conclusions. " Rather, (unlike most posters who are merely posting what they think is right) I posted what I could find on the subject and tried to actually start some real dialogue. I find it ironic that I at least tried to posts to support my viewpoint, which you haven't done; yet you dismiss them out of hand.
