Mississippi bill would repeal state vehicle safety inspection

State Rep. Steve Horne, R-81, has introduced House Bill 151, which repeals the Mississippi annual safety inspection of motor vehicles program.

MS H.B. 151 includes additional language on the tinting of windows.

Mississippi has an annual decentralized safety inspection program. Less than half the states in the United States have safety inspection programs despite studies in Pennsylvania and Missouri that have indicated the value of safety inspection programs in reducing accidents, injuries and deaths. The federal government has not shown interest in promoting state safety inspection programs or in evaluating their value in reducing accidents, injuries and deaths.

If the bill becomes law, it will take effect July 11. The Automotive Service Association (ASA) opposes MS H.B. 151.