So you're saying you like it when some rusted out wreck with collapsed suspension loses control on the motorway and hits you, causing a high speed crash? That IS strange.
lol, i have no worries about things like that as car's like what slammington posted are 100% illegal where i live in the US, as are things like fartcans
I would if it happened often. Happens next to never. We have very lax rules about that stuff down here, and I very rarely see rusted out pieces of shit on the road. Never really see anything that could pose actual danger. Any car can instantly become that dangerous if someone neglects changing a ball joint or something. How often do you have to get your car inspected? Isn't it once a year? If a balljoint is just good enough to pass inspection, a year is plenty of time for it to completely wear out the rest of the way and come apart. I just don't like governments that have to have their noses in every little piece of your business as possible, even if it is their roads.
I've never felt endangered by some rust bucket of a car. They're rather rare on the roads and if you do see one it is most certainly not on a highway. I feel more endangered by the idiots going 80+ mph down the highway while texting the entire time. Those people don't deserve licenses.
Its not like a government official goes snooping around your car once a year. You just take it to a local garage and they (supposedly) check that it is still functioning in a safe manor. There are a lot of people who dont know how to maintain a car, having it checked once a year probably isnt a bad idea.
Yeah, the U.S. could care less. I mean you will get pulled over if you don't have headlights or a windshield, but nobody cares if you are missing a door or two. I believe the only time your car gets inspected would be if you are trying to register your car. They'll check to make sure you have the proper lights, seatbelts, and windshields necessary. Other than that though, you are pretty much free to drive whatever you'd like.
Well the government doesn't really get any useful information out of it, it's just another thing they can control.
Ok, I'm not going to call this one the prettiest car EVER, but I never expected this car to look this good. 2015 Chrysler 200. I honestly don't exactly know why, but I think this car looks (don't hurt me for saying this) beautiful. That being said, I'm not as big of a fan of its rear end. Keep in mind, this was built by that same people who made the 2014 Jeep Cherokee, the ugliest fucking thing ever.
I agree. Chrysler is heading in the right direction with their cars. The new 200 is absolutely beautiful.
They get information on which cars do and don't deserve to be on the road, which is a good thing regardless of how you want to try and spin it.
Nah not really. I don't care enough about the occasional danger on the road to have to go and get my car inspected every year. It isn't much of a problem at all. If you hear about fatal crashes it's pretty much always human error. The only even close to fairly occasional mechanical malfunction that you hear about killing people is tires blowing out. Again, inspections aren't gonna stop that problem either. Governments regulate too much stuff these days and, frankly, shouldn't really be trusted.
Every three years actually, but that depends on the country. Having your car MOT'd every year is not in any EUcountry afaik. Then there are emmisions, and you have to say that emissions ARE actually important, if you think that MOT's are not.
UK its yearly on any car over 3 years old. Emissions are included. Headlight spreads are supposed to be included (incorrect headlight alignment dazzles other drivers, as does fitting HID to halogen housings which is illegal in the US, Australia and the entirety of the EU yet still a popular practice). Brakes are tested including something harder to test for yourself, the left/right and front/rear bias which left unchecked can make the car highly unpredictable in an accident, too many people fail to notice their brakes are worn anyway. Tyres are checked, again, people often fail to notice bald tyres which shouldnt be on the road. Rust is pointed out (unlike some countries we dont immediately fail for presence of rust). Condition of all hoses is checked. Oil checked. My opinion. Its needed. There are *many* accidents caused by mechanical failure rather than human error, maybe not in the states or maybe everyones just crap at driving over there or something, but over here, its often mechanical. Hell, in particular I know of an accident where someone flung there car into a rock solid wall at 75mph which then caused the car to flip off down a hill onto some train tracks (no train thankfully, although driver wouldnt care by that point as he was dead). The cause, wheel fell off because he fitted aftermarket rims himself, when police were investigating the accident they found not 1 of the rims had a properly torqued nut and he did not own anything other than a basic socket set so had basically hand tightened his wheels with a socket set and killed himself when they fell off, yes he was indeed speeding, but it was more a matter of time before they came off rather than the speed itself causing it to come off. There was a witness to the accident to confirm the wheel did come off before the collision rather than during. There are too many cars on the road which are in poor mechanical state, frankly if a door has fallen off then I shudder to think of what state the rest of the car is in and it shouldnt be on the road. They are death traps. And once again, I refuse to accept the excuse "I dont care about my safety" because its not just your safety, its that of everybody else in the vicinity. Lose control of a car, it can easily hit somebody else and kill them yet you survive, you have become a murderer through your own neglect.
I've never seen or even heard of an incident where the poor state of the car caused an accident. The occasional semi blowing out a tire rarely even results in a crash.
"Rarely", but in that rare chance, a semi blowing out a tire because it hasn't been inspected isn't something you want to be in the path of, ever. Something rarely happening is still something happening.
I understand that, but it seems to be a common thing over here in the states. If people cared we'd have inspections. It seems that people's opinions on their own safety are completely different in the U.S. than Europe, the U.K. mainly. 'Muricans seem to care less. Makes talking about stuff like this difficult. - - - Updated - - - Following that logic, I guess that means we should quarantine everyone in North America because of the one person infected with ebola in Texas?
personally, i'd be fine with an anaual inspection, provided it's not rediculously strict, and is low cost to have inspected as i'd rather be safe then sorry technically here in Cali we do already have one, the SMOG testing (although not really the same)
A disease only infected by contact with body fluids and fecal matter is very very different from "my brakes failed causing me to smash into your car and kill your daughter" - - - Updated - - - Personally witnessed a semi brake failure causing an accident.
Semis are inspected frequently though. It isn't a problem of the truck being in poor condition as much as it is the rare tire not being able to support the heavy load and blowing out. Various things can cause it. My dad works with semis for a living and says that the trucks are heavily inspected due to how dangerous they can be. The occasional brake failure, bad tire, etc... isn't due to lack of inspection and neglect for the overall "health" of the truck as much as it is a faulty part.
