Richard Cappello: Safety inspections without minor issues would be alright

To The Daily Sun,

Regarding mandatory vehicle inspections, if vehicle inspections were limited to true safety issues such as rotted trough frame, non-functional brakes, truly bald tires, non-functional headlights or blinkers, they would truly be enhancing safety for occupants of the vehicles and others. However, the actual inspection failures were for small windshield cracks, streaking wiper blades, tiny tail light cracks, small body rust, etc. These types of failures were a hassle for people with the means to correct them. For people without the means or living paycheck to paycheck, I would consider them a major disruption. Not only the money for the minor, non-safety issue, but missing work, arranging day care and school drop-offs etc.

It’s too bad a good idea to improve safety went off the rails.

Richard Cappello

Gilford