[Cindy and Ray's Grand Tour]

While inspections may have safety value, the Texas method was not good for the state, the inspectors, or the owner. Why would an inspection station do a good job when only getting paid $7.50 for the work. With most repair shops getting $160 per hour labor, they were paid for less than 3 minutes. Typing your info into the computer system took longer than that. I also hated hooking up in storage just to pull it somewhere to get rubber stamped.

We moved from Converse to Florida two years ago. Here my plates are $36 with no inspection. However, they got a lot more out of me for the TV. No inspections though.