A Vehicle Inspection

[Willace-the-Clown]

I had moved to South Carolina from New York, and at that time a vehicle inspection was required to register my car.
I was nervous; my car was in rough shape. I thought of New York State's rigorous inspections. Any number of problems might turn up that would be expensive to fix. I drove down a country road and found a garage that had an inspection sign. When I told the mechanic what I needed, he circled
the car, turned on the lights and honked the horn. Then he attached a new sticker and asked me for the three-dollar fee.

I was shocked. "Is that all you have to do?" I asked.

He answered, "Well, you drove it here, didn't you?"

[edison]

I don't understand.
why so expensive, the reason is he drove it here?

[tim]

Many levels to this joke edison.

Regulations for such things in the U.S. are ever increasing and prohibitive. Thus the worry of inspection. But, often, all the governmental authorities are REALLY after is a few bucks in fees. The fact that the car didn't really need to undergo any extensive testing and paying a couple of bucks for a sticker was all that was required is where the irony lies. And in the common sense of the sticker dealer who recognizes that the car works just fine. Of course, his role in things could be at some level suspect, also, as it could be something of a scam that he's in on or at least in the way of getting kickbacks (a fee paid by the one who has contracted his work). Of course, then there is the humor of having getting all worked up and worried for nothing.