Who's drivin' around with an expired inspection sticker on their car right now?

T. Erdelyi

T. Erdelyi

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The longest I ever went without a current inspection sticker was 3 years without getting caught, this last time I was overdue by a year, the truck is a 2003, and I'm a mechanic, so I know it's safe, what irritates the heck outta me is that it cost nearly $100 to get inspected in PA and I'm due in June, I can't see payin' now and again in 2 months so I continue to take my chances, at least till May 1st when I can get an early sticker.

Anyone else ever do the same?

I mean drive around with an overdue sticker.

In Jersey back in the day you could get Commercial Self Inspection for your car or the fine for overdue stickers was like $8, so when you were lookin' at a $400-$500 repair bill for failin' emissions it was way cheaper to take your chances, not anymore.:eek:
 
I had a BIG bill for emissions. Went to the Emissions station, had the bill knocked down, got a month (no tailpipe on my whip). Got another extension because I am a procrastinator, and no charges except for the Emissions test, when I do get it. To top that off, when I got pulled over for speeding, about 5 above the limit on an old country road, the cop gave me a warning AND didn't write me a ticket for my emissions being TWO years overdue.

I was respectful to the LEO though, that might help if you get pulled over.
 
NJ inspections sticker are good for 2 years now. 4 years for a new car. It costs nothing to have it inspected at a state DMV. Registration is a killer, though. Every year it seems to go up by a few dollars.
 
Havin' family on the job I've always done whatever I could to make the LEO as comfortable as possible, more times than not if your not an idiot or a smartass they will let ya go, although my brother-in-law used to tell me that if he pulled you over, you were gettin' a ticket, I'd just like to add that he didn't pull over a lot of people for traffic violations.
 
The sticker on my car now is over a year overdue. It's also registered in the wrong state. I am a rolling whirlwind of failure to comply with stickers and license plates and such. I feel guilty about it all the time, but just can't muster up the ability to care enough to deal with it. I have so many other things in my life to worry about, a little sticker just seems so silly to me. I have always had a problem with things like that. As soon as I get pulled over, I'll feel stupid, apologize profusely to the officer, (and then the judge) and do what I need to do to get back within the law. But for now, I'm kind of curious as to how long I can "get away with it". How much trouble am I in? Can any LEO's let me know? (I'm expecting boots at the door any moment now that the cat's out of the bag).
 
No emmissions testing here.

Too bad... Maybe that would get a bunch of the pinheads with illegal exhausts off the streets. The city of Albuquerque has an emmissions program, but I don't know if they test for noise or not.

-Bob
 
I drove an old Jeep around Elgin for 2-1/2 years with no plates and no stickers at all. Never got caught, I usually credit the thick layer of mud for protecting me. Sadly, I now have to stay legal, since my commute to Austin goes past a couple of DPS troopers most days, and those guys have some sort of super-vision for registrations and inspections.
 
Fla did away with inspections several years ago and used the money for more Hwy patrols and raises. So they shifted the money making from the auto shops to the Highway cops who make the stops
 
in my town they have a super cop car that can read 30 cars at once for inspection and registration-

early 90's i drove for 4 years with a lottery ticket as my inspection sticker-
 
For years, I was a never ending traffic violation waiting to happen, registration, inspection, insurance, license, whatever, never had everything I needed together. Most of the time my cars wouldn't have passed inspection anyway!

Never got a ticket for any reason.

After I got out of school and got a "real" job and a new car, I finally got everything in order and have for years. Since then, I've gotten tickets, gotten pulled over, lost my license, etc. Maybe not having everything up to date made me a more careful driver.
 
You are required to have an annual safety inspection in Virginia and, in Northern Virginia, you are required to have emissions inspection every two years to renew your license tags. And you really need to keep both your tags and your inspection up to date as they seem to be looking for such more than for people driving unsafely. My suspicion is that they are looking for outdated County Stickers showing that you haven't paid your personal property tax and then bought your county sticker. The county police in all of the NoVa jurisdictions really push these as they are tax items.
 
Connecticut has had nothing but trouble with their emissions inspection program. Several years back, the state turned the job over to independent stations and the whole process has taken time to get off the ground. My sticker expired last year, however, my new date is this coming July.;)
 
FullerH said:
You are required to have an annual safety inspection in Virginia and, in Northern Virginia, you are required to have emissions inspection every two years to renew your license tags. And you really need to keep both your tags and your inspection up to date as they seem to be looking for such more than for people driving unsafely. My suspicion is that they are looking for outdated County Stickers showing that you haven't paid your personal property tax and then bought your county sticker. The county police in all of the NoVa jurisdictions really push these as they are tax items.
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VA property tax on vehicles is insane -- every year you need to pay several hundred dollars for nothing -- in addition to insurance, registration, and inspection.

They also do this thing where they inspect yer tires and rotors with a micrometer -- "Oh, you want an inspection sticker? Well 2 of your rotors are a hundreth of an inch under spec, so you'll need to have them replaced."

NY wasn't like this -- no bogus "property tax", and if yer brakes were bad they'd just slap on some new pads and turn the rotor till it was smooth. VA has regulations, fees, penalties & taxes on practically everything. :grumpy:
 
When I was around 18 I always made sure my vehicle never had anything expired. The reason I did this was because I usually had alcohol with me and always had a handgun. I would have been in big trouble if they ever caught me.
 
No emissions testing, no safety inspections, and NO personal propery taxes on passenger vehicles. (On my side of the state. Seattle metro area has emissions testing)

Only personal property tax individuals pay is on mobile homes, motor homes, and luxury yahts. There is probably more, but I'm not rich enough to worry about it.
 
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