First, car inspections are important to public safety. Faulty brakes, nonworking lights, worn out tires and chassis parts are often discovered by the annual vehicle inspection.

The resulting creation was Safety Check Inspections. The latest in the three-store chain opened recently in Salisbury in The Pop Shoppe complex on East Innes Street, just past Interstate 85 and ...

And some automobile experts in Texas and across the country say more reliable cars and other safety improvements have rendered the inspections obsolete. Breaking News ...