Hah, the only "official" inspection I have ever had on a car anywhere was the VIN when I get the title changed (and only then if the car was titled out of state!).

Yah, you guyses in the socialist states of Europe ;) have big surprises if you come drive here. Smoke belching, goggle-eyed, bumper falling off, rust buckets are to be seen daily. Sure, there are laws and regulations but you have to be a major PITA for the cops to do anything about it (except one headlight out, for some reason I ALWAYS get caught there when I see pop-eyed cars all the time, go figure).

On the original thread subject, I think relays are way groovy. The more the merrier (Ok, up to a point). No reason to run large currents through those long runs of wire or aged switches.

Mike!