Date:         Wed, 20 Mar 2002 08:23:25 -0600
Reply-To:     Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
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From:         Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Subject:      State Inspection
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Recently the State of Texas, in an effort to please the EPA, has mandated
intensive vehicle inspections for the Counties of Dallas, Denton, Tarrant
(fort Worth) and Collin counties.
From what I've seen on TV the inspection involves a wheel dyno, four lost
looking State Employees, $32.50 and guaranteed no waiting in long lines.
The last time Texas did this it turned and bit them. Only about 1 in 8
brand new cars could pass the inspection (blamed on defective software).
They took a 700 million burn on liquidating locations and equipment.
To enhance the confusion they start this procedure on May 1st. (We got
notified on March 18th)
Looks like they could have given us warning, like when they started
building the inspection centers a year or so ago.
So far they haven't told anybody in the driving public what the
inspection consist of and have offered no web site referrals to
investigate the requirements to pass testing.
I'd estimate that 60% of vehicles in Texas are SUV's, MPVs, Pickup
Trucks, 33% Passenger Cars, 7% Other (1 ton and over trucks, busses,
motor homes are excluded) they failed to install the equipment to test
larger vehicles.
Texas is really great place to live; 10% of residents are either on
probation or parole, the Texas Prison system is the States largest
employer, we have more people in prison in Texas than the nation of
Russia.
The Dallas Independent School district claims that 40% of the population
in Dallas is Hispanic while the US Census bureau claims 22% are Hispanic.
We have the highest quality Bureaucrats available anywhere in the world.
My Westy is registered at my farm that does not fall into the intensive
inspection area but I'm sure going to have fun watching all of the Note
Lot Car Dealers meeting these requirements. Graft is going to be abundant
at these inspection stations.

Stan Wilder

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