Pimp my Ride

[BigSi]

Just been watching ‘Pimp my Ride’. Does America have any form of MOT? If so, how can half the cars be still on the road!  :(mad):  :(bigshock):  :(thinkhard):

[Red Defender]

I'm told its just an emissions test !

[SWEETY]

They are quite lax compaired to us

[Yoshi]

I do remember watching one episode where they found a rats nest in the car!

[Sharpshooter]

I think they have similar to Aus. You only have to have the emmisions test. But if a police officer requests your vehicle to be checked, and they find a defect. Your liable to prosecutuion. Or obviousely if you cause an accident due to poor maintenance. Bad News.

[BigSi]

I remember the one with the rats nest! Obviously the exhaust cat wasn’t working!!!!  :(mad):  :(biglaugh):  :(bigshock):

[Bulli]

simple answer: dont watch it.

You can't polish a turd!

[barnhill4x4]

Florida has no inspection at all, no emmisions either

[denviks]

Florida has no inspection at all, no emmisions either

i can believe that after seeing some of the wrecks on the road while there  :shock:  :shock:  :shock:

[Welshbreed]

some would call it freedom. I think as long as the brakes work and it can go forward and backward as necessary, then it should pass. BUT NO, if you got one reflector missing on the rear, FAIL!

[UKJeeper]

Several States do have vehicle inspections, and some only have emissions testing:

United States
In the United States, each state government is free to decide whether to require vehicle safety inspection, as well as the specifics of the inspection program. Not all states require it, most do not; some states that used to require it have discontinued it.

Under the Clean Air Act (1990), states are required to implement vehicle emission inspection programs in metropolitan areas whose air quality does not meet federal standards. The specifics of those programs vary from state to state. Some states, including Kentucky and Minnesota, have discontinued their testing programs in recent years with approval from the federal government.


States and Federal Districts with periodic (e.g., annual) vehicle safety inspections
District of Columbia (every two years)
Hawaii (every year, except brand new vehicles receive an inspection valid for two years, ambulances, rental cars, vehicles used in public transportation, and other, every six months)
Louisiana (every year; emission test in the Baton Rouge metropolitan area)
Maine (every year; emission test in Cumberland County)
Massachusetts (safety inspection every year, emission inspection every two years)
Minnesota (Motorcycles; Random, annual)
Missouri (every two years; emissions testing in the St. Louis area)
New Hampshire (every year)
New Jersey (every two years)
New York (every year)
North Carolina (every year; some counties require emissions testing as well)
Pennsylvania(every year; emissions inspections every year in 25 of 67 counties)
Rhode Island (safety and emission inspection every two years)
Texas (every year; emission test in the largest urban areas)
Utah (every two years for the first eight years, then every year)
Virginia (every year;emission inspection every two years in certain urban and suburban jurisdictions)
West Virginia (Every Year - Safety and Emissions)

[edit] States with safety inspection only required prior to sale or transfer
Maryland (emission inspection required biennially)

[edit] States which only require federally mandated emissions inspections
California (for most ZIP Codes, every two years for all vehicles made after 1975 which are more than six years old)
Colorado (in some localities, every year or two, depending on age and type of vehicle )
Florida (six counties)
Georgia (metropolitan Atlanta area only, every year, most recent three model year cars are exempt)
Illinois (Chicagoland and eastern suburbs of St. Louis, Missouri)
Indiana (Lake and Porter counties only, every two years)
Nevada (Clark County and Washoe County areas)
Ohio (seven counties)
Washington (urban areas of Clark, King, Pierce, Snohomish and Spokane counties)
Wisconsin (seven counties in Southeastern Wisconsin, every two years)

When i lived in L.A i had to have an emissions test every two years. I thought that not having an MOT was strange.

However the dodgy, dangerous, POS that shouldn't be on the road over there were driven by the same kind of people that are happy to drive dodgy, dangerous POS that are driven around uninsured, untaxed and unMOTed. So in that regard its not so different.