The Automotive Service Association reports that after efforts earlier this year to eliminate the state’s motor vehicle safety inspection program, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam (D) has signed a bill that keeps safety inspection programs in place in the state.
House Bill (HB) 1414 states, “Motor vehicles, trailers, and semitrailers required to be inspected pursuant to the provisions of § 46.2-1157 shall be reinspected within 12 months of the month of the first inspection and at least once every 12 months thereafter.”
ASA has been a longtime advocate of state vehicle safety inspections and believes these programs prove to benefit the