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zulutango · 04-30-2009, 11:11 AM

If you had a system where the vehicle was immediately impounded and taken directly to an official inspection station where a 100% legal inspection was done...then I could see there being no charge for the inspection.

In the real world...things get fixed, THEN the car is taken to the inspection...or the defective vehicle is passed in return for $$$ or 'friendship" etc. Any VI I ever gave, I saw at least 3 things at roadside that were defective. My own personal rule.

BTW..the vehicle fixed-then inspected DOES happen. I had an internal investigation and went thru 6 months of BS because of exactly that. Gave a guy a break where I should have towed his vehicle, he goes to an inspection station and pays huge money, THEN gets the guy to inspect it...guess what, it passes. He then takes the inspection report to the office and wants me fired and all his money back because there was nothing wrong with the vehicle & he produced the clean VI report. Only thing he didn't figure on...was the inspector was honest and when my boss called him in, he told exactly what had happened...and even produced the work order to show what was done. Once burned, twice shy.

04-30-2009, 11:11 AM	#36
zulutango RS Peace Officer Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Vancouver Islan Posts: 3,867 Thanked 1,636 Times in 683 Posts Failed 64 Times in 27 Posts	If you had a system where the vehicle was immediately impounded and taken directly to an official inspection station where a 100% legal inspection was done...then I could see there being no charge for the inspection. In the real world...things get fixed, THEN the car is taken to the inspection...or the defective vehicle is passed in return for $$$ or 'friendship" etc. Any VI I ever gave, I saw at least 3 things at roadside that were defective. My own personal rule. BTW..the vehicle fixed-then inspected DOES happen. I had an internal investigation and went thru 6 months of BS because of exactly that. Gave a guy a break where I should have towed his vehicle, he goes to an inspection station and pays huge money, THEN gets the guy to inspect it...guess what, it passes. He then takes the inspection report to the office and wants me fired and all his money back because there was nothing wrong with the vehicle & he produced the clean VI report. Only thing he didn't figure on...was the inspector was honest and when my boss called him in, he told exactly what had happened...and even produced the work order to show what was done. Once burned, twice shy. Last edited by zulutango; 04-30-2009 at 01:35 PM.