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re: Gov. Jeff Landry calls for Louisiana to get rid of inspection stickers

Posted on 3/10/26 at 9:23 am to
Posted by NASA_ISS_Tiger
Huntsville, Al via Sulphur, LA
Member since Sep 2005
8245 posts
Posted on 3/10/26 at 9:23 am to
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I'd still probably rather your insurance premium in Alabama than what we are charged in Louisiana


2019 C2500HD High Country/2018 Tahoe Z71/2003 F150 4x4. The Ford is garage kept and I have a limited policy on it since we don't drive it. Others have full coverage with $300 deductibles on Comp/Collision. We pay $326/month.

Let me know what you got. I'm curious if La is cheaper or we are getting screwed or we have a better deal.
Posted by tiger91
In my own little world
Member since Nov 2005
40230 posts
Posted on 3/10/26 at 9:34 am to
Don’t drive through Maurice. Cops gonna get you.
Posted by tigerrage08
Houma,LA
Member since Feb 2008
603 posts
Posted on 3/10/26 at 9:45 am to
Good!

Inspection stickers are there to essentially make sure the car is worthy of being on the road. Alternatively, the roads in Louisiana are not worthy of vehicular traffic due to the lack if DOT inspections and lack of giving a damn about infrastructure.
Posted by alphaandomega
Tuscaloosa-Here to Serve
Member since Aug 2012
17137 posts
Posted on 3/10/26 at 10:10 am to
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But it still won't make the people with unsafe and uninsured vehicles on the road any safer


In Alabama people without insurance is a plague. We have laws about it but if they get pulled over or in an accident the police will write them a ticket for it (which they probably wont pay) and let them drive away.

I think if you are ever caught without insurance, your car should be impounded until the owner provides proof of insurance paid in full to the next tag year, and that insurance is not cancelable\refundable. Make them prepay for the next 5 years.

Many of these people without insurance are also the ones driving the shitboxes with bad brakes and no headlights or brake lights so we would get those off the road.
Posted by CubsFanBudMan
Member since Jul 2008
6152 posts
Posted on 3/10/26 at 11:15 am to
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Well here in Alabama there are no inspection stickers. Vehicles don't get safety inspections at all. This results in a lot of people driving vehicles with no lights, cracked windshields, and other defective equipment.


The sticker just shows that it was "safe" on 1 particular day. What happens if your windshield gets cracked on the way of of the inspection station? Depending on what parish you live in it could be 2 years before it's inspected again. There are already laws against driving an unsafe vehicle. Having a current sticker isn't a safe-harbor against that law.
Posted by KiwiHead
Auckland, NZ
Member since Jul 2014
37623 posts
Posted on 3/10/26 at 4:07 pm to
I'd prefer neither. But if I had to chose between a stupid fee or a lesser fee where law enforcement can just scan and ticket you for something. I'd rather the stupid fee.

That being said if they can get all the info off your plate, why even the 6.00 fee? But in that instance the police right now have to be in proximity. With a QR code with the right scanner the state can passively ticket you.

I don't like making it easy for law enforcement to bust otherwise law abiding citizens for bs like expired plates or other money making state revenue enhancements.
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