N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 309: Legislative findings

§ 309. Legislative findings. 1. The legislature hereby finds and

declares that the safety of the motoring public depends on a modern

system of periodic motor vehicle inspection.

2. In nineteen hundred fifty-nine New York state recognized the need

for inspection of motor vehicles to assure its citizens that their

safety would be protected by removing from its highways those cars whose

mechanical condition did not meet rigid standards of safety.

3. The introduction of anti-pollution devices and newly developed

safety attachments to modern automobiles requires that experimental

inspection stations be established to permit the testing of new methods

of periodic motor vehicle inspection.

4. The creation of new techniques of periodic motor vehicle inspection

has become the concern of the federal government, and federal funds are

now available for the development of criteria for modern inspection

methods. Therefore, legislation should be enacted to promote the

advancement of the periodic motor vehicle inspection program in New York

state.