Drivers who passed were rewarded with a green inspection sticker good for two years rather than one.

His car did not have an inspection sticker, and a police officer stopped him at a red light.

"The inspection sticker on your truck here expired a year and a half ago."

"I mean, inspection sticker too high on the windshield?"

In addition, state troopers make roadside checks for valid inspection stickers.

"Do you know of anybody who is going to give a state trooper a $50 bill to get an inspection sticker?"

The car did not have an inspection sticker, according to the police.

"And while you're at it," she said, "my car needs an inspection sticker."

The inspection sticker was four years old and unseen from the outside.

Most of them invested in the new machines, which can cost up to $60,000, because customers expect their service to include getting inspection stickers.