Nebraska had an inspection law about 20-30 years ago and finally repealed it. We have no inspections now, and obviously law officers have the authority to cite and report vehicles that appear to be unsafe.
The problem with Nebraska's law was the authorized inspection stations were also repair shops, so you could predict the results. Some were honest, but a lot of them yielded to temptation and found all manner of things that their shop would need to repair before they would pass the vehicle.
The most fair and efficient system I've seen was in Memphis, Tennessee years ago. The inspectors were government employees who had no stake in whether a vehicle passed inspection or not. When you drove into the inspection bay, you drove onto a rack that checked the braking power of each wheel and compared it to the other three to check the brakes. You stayed in the vehicle and the inspector then did a walk-around of the vehicle, asking you to toot the horn, turn on your wipers, turn on your headlights and flash the high and low beams, checked the tail lights and turn signals, etc. While the inspector walked around the vehicle he was looking at window glass and other safety issues. Assuming the vehicle passed, the inspector then put a new sticker on the lower right corner of the windshield.
The whole thing took only a few minutes and the fee was minimal. I don't know if they're still doing it that way in Memphis or not.
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