Mandatory Texas vehicle safety inspections end in six months

AUSTIN (Nexstar) — Check your windshields, Texans -- drivers in most counties can forgo the annual trip to the shop when mandatory state vehicle safety inspections end next year.

The state legislature ended the requirement last year with a new law going into effect on Jan. 1, 2025. Ensuring safe vehicles will now be a personal responsibility.

"Vehicle inspections are costly, time-consuming, and provide little benefit," State Sen. Mayes Middleton said in support of the bill...