Effectiveness of Vehicle Safety Inspections Neither Proven Nor Unproven

Congress has a recommendation from the Department of Transportation (DOT) that it no longer require periodic motor vehicle safety inspections in accordance with federal standards as part of each state's approved highway safety program. The question of whether Congress should make safety inspections mandatory or optional in state highway programs has grown out of a decade of controversy between the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and many states.