I grew up in Missouri and moved to Kentucky two years ago.
Missouri requires bi-annual vehicle safety inspections, but seatbelts aren't primary offense - aka, you can't be pulled over strictly for not wearing your seatbelt.
Kentucky, on the other hand, has no vehicle safety inspection - the only time it is looked at by someone with the authority to keep it off the road is when it comes into the state and a law enforcement official does an inspection for the title transfer. However, seatbelts are primary offense.
Some of the heaps I've seen come in my shop and drive by repeatedly around my small town really open my eyes to the hazards I drive by every day - tires about to blow, ball joints and tie rods that can be beat apart with a hammer without excessive effort, power steering system completely non-functional, etcetera - yet the law requires you to be strapped into it, no ifs, ands, or buts. Not to mention in my region it's perfectly acceptable to exceed a 55 MPH speed limit by 12 MPH before you run any risk of being pulled over, which makes for some very dangerous situations with passing zones, curve angles, intersections, etc. engineered for that 55 mile per hour limit. In MO it was 62-63 maximum before you drew attention, which also kept the flow of traffic less hazardous.
Does this combination of laws have gaping holes in it in anyone else's opinion?
Missouri requires bi-annual vehicle safety inspections, but seatbelts aren't primary offense - aka, you can't be pulled over strictly for not wearing your seatbelt.
Kentucky, on the other hand, has no vehicle safety inspection - the only time it is looked at by someone with the authority to keep it off the road is when it comes into the state and a law enforcement official does an inspection for the title transfer. However, seatbelts are primary offense.
Some of the heaps I've seen come in my shop and drive by repeatedly around my small town really open my eyes to the hazards I drive by every day - tires about to blow, ball joints and tie rods that can be beat apart with a hammer without excessive effort, power steering system completely non-functional, etcetera - yet the law requires you to be strapped into it, no ifs, ands, or buts. Not to mention in my region it's perfectly acceptable to exceed a 55 MPH speed limit by 12 MPH before you run any risk of being pulled over, which makes for some very dangerous situations with passing zones, curve angles, intersections, etc. engineered for that 55 mile per hour limit. In MO it was 62-63 maximum before you drew attention, which also kept the flow of traffic less hazardous.
Does this combination of laws have gaping holes in it in anyone else's opinion?
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