Fall In For Inspection!

  It's not the troops lining up for inspection this
month! It's my cars!
  Two of our family vehicles are due for their
annual inspection by the end of May.
   You can tell by looking at your inspection
stickers IF you look at them from the outside!
The inspection dates are suppose to be marked
on the inside of those window stickers too. You
know, the side that actually faces you while
you're driving.
   But just try reading it!
   After a few months the numbers are usually
illegible. Or, and this is far more common,
half the sticker itself has detached itself from
the windshield and curled up in place! Penndot
needs better glue!
    Of course it's important to know that your
breaks, lights, turn signals, and horn work
properly. Most people test the horn themselves
when the driver ahead of them doesn't speed
ahead the second the traffic light changes from
red to green. I've heard a couple behind me
testing their over the past couple of weeks.
     As for turn signals, most of them must be
broken since they don't seem to flash while
most drivers are turning. Or they keep flashing
for miles after a driver has made a turn.
     Then there's the Emission inspection.
     We all want to make sure our air is clean
and pure. How they check that by taking off
my gas cap I'm not sure.
     I thought I'd save money on that one this
year since my car was driven less than the
5,000 miles required for inspection.
    Unfortunately, they've got to put a second
sticker on my windshield explaining that my
vehicle is exempt. And , apparently, there's
a charge for that sticker! Maybe it's to pay
for better glue?
     Anyhow I'm Street legal again....except
for my wife's car which will have to stand
for attention for its inspection next week!
     Hope you, at least, are At Ease. and that
all your NEWS is good!