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One year after statewide launch, BAR reports VSSI rollout and early metrics including ~16% failure rate
Summary
Bureau of Automotive Repair staff reported on the Vehicle Safety System Inspection program (VSSI), describing a phased rollout that consolidated brake and lamp programs. BAR said the program now has hundreds of licensed stations, has begun inspections statewide and is collecting data on failures, most commonly open recalls, lighting and braking
Clay Leake, deputy chief for smoke-check engineering and information services, updated the advisory group on the first-year status of the Vehicle Safety System Inspection program (VSSI), which consolidated the prior brake and lamp programs into a single statewide inspection and included automation features borrowed from the SmogCheck platform.
Leake summarized a three-phase implementation: licensing VSSI stations and technicians (beginning March 27, 2024), commencing inspections (July 8, 2024), and sunset of the legacy brake and lamp programs…
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