Utah: Accident Rate Unaffected by Optional Vehicle Inspections
The state of Utah has not seen a shift in the rate of vehicle accidents since making mandatory vehicle inspections optional, KSL TV reports.
Utah made the decision to get rid of mandatory vehicle safety inspections in 2017. Since then, the state has seen a 92% drop in inspections, with only 150,764 being performed last year compared to more than 1.8 million in 2017.
Though there has been a reported increase in tickets and violations, crashes have “remained at a relatively flat rate,” with 1,223 crashes last year happening as a result of bad equipment compared to 1,237 in 2017.
Though the rate of crashes has remained stagnant, many still worry about the state of vehicles on Utah roads, such as Chris Pappas, manager at Hillside Tire & Service, who said that people aren’t checking their vehicles on a regular basis now.
“There’s just too many vehicles out on the highways that are unsafe,” Pappas stated. “I don’t want a car with bald tires running around on the road with my wife, my children and my grandchildren out on the road.”
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