Safety Inspections in the US vs UK

Having lived in California for 13 years now, it still amazes that there's no stream of safety related wrecks here!
In the UK we have MOT Testing which is an $80+ mandatory test to make sure your car or motorcycle is safe to go on the road. Sensible things like tires, brakes, steering and rust etc. Yet in Cal and most of the US there's no safety testing - so you'd think this would lead to rolling wrecks falling off the road, and crashing into innocent motorists and riders. Seems not.
I've never actually heard of one crash because of this.

Makes you think.

But safety makes sense, and we owe it to ourselves, and others on the road, to make sure our cycles are safe. And thinking of insurance, I'm sure there's a sneaky, and I must say sensible, clause saying that a vehicle must be properly maintained.

So do at least the basics before your first spring ride.
Tires, brakes, fluids. And wear good protection gear. You never know when fate and statistics will cross your path.

I suggest you wear these under your jeans. Invisible and great protection.
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