Originally Posted by Aviatrix
You mean... you don't have road worthiness tests in the USA???
I never knew that... it's amazing what one learns on FT.
We have them here in the UK (yearly - I believe it's only every other year in Germany), and I always assumed all civilised countries did.
We do have road worthiness tests in the USA, but standards are on a state by state basis. Massachusetts requires an inspection every year for headlights, brakes, etc. Emissions testing is every other year.