Does anyone know what year NSRA started putting the date on the safety decal they place on the windshield after your vehicle passes inspection?
Nohing on NSRA site apart from that they have been ivolved in inspections for quite a few years now (30)?
I did some research on this before posting the question. It appears they started inspections in the 70's. An old sticker on my car is not dated. I was told to never remove it due to rarity. I now need to consider a windshield replacement due to a rock chip & I'm undecided on how I want to proceed. May seem crazy, but may live with the chip just to preserve the sticker. At least it's on the passenger side in the lower corner.
Hey yruhot, thanks for bringing that possibility to my attention. NSRA requirements state no chips larger than 1 inch in diameter, so it should still pass. I firmly agree with their safety inspection program. The chip has been repaired to avoid, (hopefully), any further cracking. I've always passed, with their only issue being the lack of a third brake light. In fact, it was a safety inspector that noticed the very early undated sticker on the windshield during our first inspection. When discussing the history of our car, we told him it was built in 79, parked in 82, and remained in storage until we bought it in 2000. That is when he suggested never taking the sticker off. The logical assumption would be that the sticker is 1982 or older. Possibly as early as 1979. A 2004 Hot Rod article I looked at online stated the inspections were started in 1972 by Loctite. The first NSRA safety director was appointed in 1975. Also, I told the guys at the shop that repaired the chip that if I decide to replace the windshield, I will want to keep the chipped unit. Might be a neat conversation piece hanging in my garage.
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