A package of bills proposed by a state senator would abolish annual vehicle inspections, allow Sunday vehicle sales and make several other reforms.Saying that annual vehicle inspections “are an inconvenience to vehicle owners and their wallets,” a Pennsylvania lawmaker is proposing sweeping changes that would include abolishing them.
Among the additional changes are digital driver’s licenses and license plates, Sunday vehicle sales, and improving the driver education law. Vehicle emissions testing is a federal requirement so that would remain in place., Flynn wrote that Pennsylvania is the “birthplace of vehicle inspections, with the nation’s first statute dating back to 1929.
To change that, Flynn said his bill would eliminate annual vehicle inspections, but implement “new consumer protections” to make sure that vehicles are “roadworthy” before they are sold. Require annual mileage data for vehicles with antique or classic registrations and require that the registrant have “an everyday driving vehicle” also registered with PennDOT.Create a fee schedule for an annual aircraft registration fee.Arguing for the need for reform, Flynn wrote in his memo that the driver education law “pre-dates the Vietnam War” and that a vehicle has not been sold on Sunday in Pennsylvania since before Neil Armstrong stepped onto the Moon in July 1969.