Will DC car inspectors fail a car with a crack in the corner of the windshield?

[Anonymous]

My car is due for DC car inspection later this year. There's a 6-inch crack in the upper corner of the passenger side of the windshield. It's not in my view in normal driving. I wonder if that will cause the inspection to fail.

[Anonymous]

No. They only care about emissions testing.

[Anonymous]

Why don't you just fix it? Most of there time it costs $50 with insurance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No. They only care about emissions testing.

This is the correct answer. I took a car to the inspection station that had no front bumper, a bent-up hood tied closed with rope, the two horribly misaligned headlights, and they didn't give two shits about any of that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No. They only care about emissions testing.

This is the correct answer. I took a car to the inspection station that had no front bumper, a bent-up hood tied closed with rope, the two horribly misaligned headlights, and they didn't give two shits about any of that.

Really? They once failed me because they said my horn wasn't loud enough.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No. They only care about emissions testing.

This is the correct answer. I took a car to the inspection station that had no front bumper, a bent-up hood tied closed with rope, the two horribly misaligned headlights, and they didn't give two shits about any of that.

Really? They once failed me because they said my horn wasn't loud enough.

They stopped doing safety inspections, it’s only emissions now.

[Anonymous]

In VA they do safety inspections and I had to get a $359 windshield twice in one year due to 4 and 6” crack. Both times the crack spread sooo quickly. I knew not to drive once fixed till I got home but was already larger. Absolutely not in my line of vision but failed it

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In VA they do safety inspections and I had to get a $359 windshield twice in one year due to 4 and 6” crack. Both times the crack spread sooo quickly. I knew not to drive once fixed till I got home but was already larger. Absolutely not in my line of vision but failed it

Same here. It was ridiculous. Wish it was like DC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In VA they do safety inspections and I had to get a $359 windshield twice in one year due to 4 and 6” crack. Both times the crack spread sooo quickly. I knew not to drive once fixed till I got home but was already larger. Absolutely not in my line of vision but failed it

Same here. It was ridiculous. Wish it was like DC.

VA cares about having safe cars on the road, DC doesn’t.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In VA they do safety inspections and I had to get a $359 windshield twice in one year due to 4 and 6” crack. Both times the crack spread sooo quickly. I knew not to drive once fixed till I got home but was already larger. Absolutely not in my line of vision but failed it

Same here. It was ridiculous. Wish it was like DC.

VA cares about having safe cars on the road, DC doesn’t.

I spoke with a person in DC - the back story is that they care about safe cars BUT the person who knew how to train everyone retired and they did not have anyone who knew how to do this so they removed it.
(I am not kidding)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No. They only care about emissions testing.

This is the correct answer. I took a car to the inspection station that had no front bumper, a bent-up hood tied closed with rope, the two horribly misaligned headlights, and they didn't give two shits about any of that.

Really? They once failed me because they said my horn wasn't loud enough.

They stopped doing safety inspections, it’s only emissions now.

^ This. ^

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why don't you just fix it? Most of there time it costs $50 with insurance.

Because everyone has the exact same insurance policy and deductible??

A new windshield is $500+. If your deductible is $500 you’re SOL. Just had one replaced yesterday

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In VA they do safety inspections and I had to get a $359 windshield twice in one year due to 4 and 6” crack. Both times the crack spread sooo quickly. I knew not to drive once fixed till I got home but was already larger. Absolutely not in my line of vision but failed it

Same here. It was ridiculous. Wish it was like DC.

VA cares about having safe cars on the road, DC doesn’t.

I spoke with a person in DC - the back story is that they care about safe cars BUT the person who knew how to train everyone retired and they did not have anyone who knew how to do this so they removed it.
(I am not kidding)

It’ll be a great state!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No. They only care about emissions testing.

This is the correct answer. I took a car to the inspection station that had no front bumper, a bent-up hood tied closed with rope, the two horribly misaligned headlights, and they didn't give two shits about any of that.

Really? They once failed me because they said my horn wasn't loud enough.

They stopped doing safety inspections, it’s only emissions now.

+1 Back in the day, they used to check EVERYTHING. They had a mirror with a long handle to look under the car, the checked the mirrors, all car lights, horns, etc. Now it's just emissions.