Most farm semi trucks I see seem to be reasonably well maintained, at least there are few obvious problems. A few of the older single and double axle straight trucks I see headed to and from the Co-op at harvest time are a completely different story. Wow, some of those old derelicts look, sound, and wobble around the road like they couldn't have passed an inspection in the last twenty years.
I can understand extending the next required inspection to every second or third year for farm trucks after they have passed an inspection with no problems, or passed with flying colors, and they are only used less than say 500 miles per year, especially for a late model trucks in good condition. The owner has proven that the truck is maintained and it is road worthy. Odds are reasonably good that the truck's owner will continue the timely maintenance and the truck will not become a hazard to the public before the next required inspection. I believe any truck that fails an inspection should have mandatory annual inspections for the next 2, 3, or 5 years until the owner can repeatedly demonstrate that the truck is again being maintained in road worthy condition.
To exempt marginal trucks from any inspections removes one of the last incentives to maintain those trucks. If the truck is subject to inspections, the owner will at least have to fix the major problems to pass the next inspection before he can renew it's registration. So there is some incentive to keep things in good condition. If the truck is exempt from any inspections, lack of any maintenance won't cause the owner any problem unless the truck is an accident or a traffic stop. Those have never happened yet, so why spend any extra money on maintenance if you won't get caught?
Maybe the problem with the derelict trucks I see is that they are not being brought in for annual inspections and they are running unlicensed. That does not sound like a good reason to make them exempt.
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