Texas Lawmakers Do Away With Car Safety Inspections

June 1, 2023 Politics, Republicans

The Texas Tribune reports:

Most Texas drivers will no longer be required to have their cars pass an annual safety exam after state lawmakers removed the rule from Texas code. Supporters of the bill called the safety inspections time consuming and inconvenient. Opponents of the bill say it could set Texas drivers, and future Texans, on a dangerous path.

The Legislature repealed provisions in state law that mandate annual vehicle inspections. However, the $7.50 fee remains intact under a new name: the inspection program replacement fee.

According to the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles, there are 22 million registered cars in the state. Annual inspections are used to determine if certain features of a car, such as the tires, seat belts or brakes, are safe to drive with.

Read the full article. The special session is going great.

Red states top the list of per capita road fatalities.

Sen. Mayes Middleton, the bill’s sponsor last appeared here for his successfull bill allowing the overturn of elections in Houston’s Harris County.

We first heard from him last year for his bill to prosecute and disbar members of a law firm for “reimbursing travel costs of employees who leave Texas to murder their unborn children.”

Earlier this month the Family Research Council came out in opposition to his bill calling for posting the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms because it would open the door to posters from other religions.

Middleton’s Ten Commandments bill also includes setting aside daily class time for reading the bible. The bill did not pass in time for the regular session but could be resurrected during the current special session.



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