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UVM researchers brief Senate Transportation on nationwide vehicle inspection and emissions rules
Summary
Student researchers from the UVM Legislative Research Service told the Senate Transportation Committee on Feb. 6 that 17 states require routine passenger-vehicle safety inspections and 27 states have emissions-testing rules, while several states limit or have repealed inspection programs; researchers offered to provide follow-up on historical changes and crash-data correlations.
BURLINGTON, Vt. — Student researchers from the University of Vermont Legislative Research Service presented a statewide review of motor-vehicle safety and emissions inspection laws to the Senate Transportation Committee on Feb. 6, saying the report documents which states require inspections and how often.
Adeline Collin, one of the report authors, told the committee the study reviewed statutes, administrative rules and state agency websites for all 50 states and recorded whether inspections were annual or biennial, applied statewide or by county, and whether states required safety checks, emissions testing, both or neither. “Our research focused strictly…
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