tinynascarfan
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As some of us already know, all commercial vehicles have to do pre-trip, post-trip, and daily vehicle inspections. Considering the following information I would agrue that periodic inspections should be required of drivers of passenger vehicles. I am not advocating for any particular period for which the inspections would be good for (ie. daily, weekly, ect.), nor am I saying the inspections should be done by a professional. I am saying that I beleive even cursory inspections (ie. tires) would be quite benificial in reducing crash rates. So, without further ado, here is the information I have found that would seem to support my idea:
Now, I am only compairing two causes, unfortunately I have been unable to find cooresponding info for both categories on more. I would welcome further info if you have it available. Stats where provided by the following links:[TBODY] [/TBODY]
crash cause large trucks passenger vehicles percent of large trucks with previous violations tire/wheel failure 6% 43% 14.5% brake failure 29% 25% 32.7%
Large Truck Crash Causation Study (LTCCS) Analysis Series: Using LTCCS Data for Statistical Analyses of Crash Risk
http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/pubs/811059.pdf
The Large Truck Crash Causation Study - Analysis Brief
As you can see, if we required all drivers, regardless of vehicle, to inspect tires there would likely be a dramtic drop in crashes. Brake failure is far more difficult to inspect for, and shows no corelation between inspection and failure rates.
So, the question is, should we require all drivers to inspect their tires? The matter of how often, enforcement, and what level of govt. would be involved is for another thread. I simply wish to know whether people think this would be a good idea or a bad one.
You don't even have to be able to read English to get a license, so how do you read a 'road closed' or 'men working' sign?ah, in that case no. The U.S. gives out drivers licenses to people who don't know the first thing about their cars.Don't know, but a lot can change in a year to the safety of a vehicle over the course of a year. Therefore, I don't know that there would be a difference with that long of a period between inspections. However, this thread is not about duration, it is about whether or not the requirement of inspections should be in place. It has been shown to be effective (in the case of tires) for daily inspections of large trucks. Maybe the same would hold for smaller vehicles too.Some states do this, others don't. I have relatives in Pennsylvania and I know they have to have a vehicle safety inspection every year when they renew their registration. Is there any evidence that Pennsylvania has less car accidents than other states that don't require those yearly inspections?
Get that to change and I would vote yes, do it. I don't think susurban america has it in them to take away people's licenses