PHOTO of the sticker drivers of newer vehicles will be receiving, due to the change in the inspections required by State Law. The sticker, issued to drivers with vehicles from year 2006 and newer, extends the inspection requirement by one year. The changes will produce an approximate annual savings of $17 million to the State of NJ.

With the new law which began August 1st, Inspection stations will just check emissions on vehicles five years or older starting. Most of the savings come from scrapping 2.4 million mechanical inspections and re-inspections performed each year and by shifting new car emissions testing back a year.

School buses, limousines, jitneys, taxis and other commercial-plated vehicles will still be checked for emissions and mechanical defects.

New Jersey is now the 30th state that doesn’t look for bald tires, worn brakes, non-working lights and turn signals, and cracked windshields.