Monday, September 29, 2008

Essay 1

There are many causes for a parts failure to leave people stranded when their vehicle breaks-down. Could be a worn part internally, a mileage issue, collision damage, lack of maintenance, to name some examples. There are a lot of early detection types of inspections that can catch things early before they get to the point that there unsafe. In this essay, I will discuss the ones that I feel are most important.

One form of such inspection is a general ‘multi point’ inspection that is done when you have your oil changed. There are a lot of different names for this type of inspection, but they are all somewhat the same. I should say that it should be done in a professional service center, because there are probably some places (like under the shade tree) that this is overlooked. I feel that there is a moral and ethical obligation for automotive techs and service facilities to enforce and perform such an inspection to not only inform the customers about their vehicles condition, but to relive us as technicians from the liability and consequences of failing to do them.

Another example is a Maine state vehicle inspection that is done on every vehicle registered in the state of Maine once every year. The inspection is done at a state approved inspection facility, and yes there are a lot of strict requirements for a shop to become an inspection station. The state certified vehicle inspector (technician) is required to perform a very thorough safety inspection of every thing on the vehicle. This is done not only to ensure you will get from point A to point B, but to ensure that there is nothing that is worn out, broken, leaking, inoperable, unsafe, or that can cause or contribute to an accident. So upon your vehicle passing the state inspection not only will you have a nice sticker on your windshield, but you can drive with the confidence that your vehicle is indeed fit for the road.

I used to live in Florida, and it was astonishing to see the broken down, and abandoned vehicles that littered the roadways. There are no state wide vehicle inspection standards in Florida like there is in Maine, and there should be. Not only would it be safer to travel, but there would be no junk cars that has pieces of it falling off of it as it somehow is avoiding the car crusher but still is rolling down the road. I have a family and I will do anything to ensure their safety. This is why I strongly believe in these types of inspections.

To go a step beyond the norm, I propose that the state do bi-annual vehicle inspections. I do strongly advise bi-annual vehicle safety inspections to ensure that the roads we travel on are safe for everybody. Not only would this practice heighten the safety of the vehicles traveling on the roadways, but early detection is important rather than driving with ignorance to have a break-down, or heaven forbid an accident.

3 comments:

johngoldfine said...

This is an opinion piece, maybe an argumentation essay, but ENG 101 doesn't ask for those kind of essays. In a cause essay, we get three reasons for--three reasons why it's a good idea to inspect.

But you aren't really doing that in graf 2 and only touch it briefly in 3 and 4. The biggest problem with this is that you're not in it at all except for your opinion and a little bit in the beginning of graf 4.

It's got to be a cause essay and it has to have your observation, knowledge, experience, and you right in it.

So, not ready yet.

RANGER ROY said...

ok, so what should i do to fix this?... turn it to a cause essay by saying something like if you don't have an inspection done this can happen. or something of the sort?

johngoldfine said...

Sounds like an effect essay--the three results or effects on not inspecting. That's good, I'd go with that, but it's got to have the Roy factor to work.