Back in the 70's FL used to make you get your car inspected at stste run inspection centers. That was also the only time you would get checked to make sure yoou had insurance. So, all these little insurance companies would open up next to the inspection centers where you could go and get insurance. People would then go get their inspection and then cancel their insurance. I think the companies charged you for a month of insurance or something like that.
I lived in the Ft Lauderdale area then and the population was growing very quickly back then. Because the inspection centers were owned by the state, there were only so many of them and it wasn't enough. You could wait in line for hours and hours to get your car inspected. if you failed inspection, you had to go get the problem fixed and then come back and wait in line all over again. It was a nightmare ! When the state realized they couldn't provide enough inspection centers to make the process easier, they just said cars no longer needed to be inspected.
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