The chair of the House committee on Public Utilities, Transportation and Communications urged the Department of Public Safety to investigate a government-sanctioned vehicle inspector for possible violations of its mandate.<\/p>\n
Rep. David M. Apatang alleged Kim’s Auto Shop in Lower Base has allowed vehicles with safety deficiencies to pass the inspection without requiring owners to correct the problems.<\/p>\n
“Some of these vehicles leave Kim’s Auto Shop with head and tail lights missing, uneven tires, signal lights unrepaired, bumpers hanging loosely off the bed of pick-up trucks, just to mention a few,” he said in a letter to Public Safety Commissioner Charles Ingram.<\/p>\n
The owner or any representative of the auto shop could not be reached for comment on the legislator’s allegations.<\/p>\n
But Apatang maintained the investigation by the DPS safety inspection unit is necessary as these cars pose potential “traffic perils to all automobile operators” on the roads at a time when there is an alarming increase in the number of traffic accidents on the island.<\/p>\n
“I would also like to know if the shop in question is complying with our safety inspection standards as well as with federal safety standards,” he said.<\/p>\n
In an interview, the PUTC head disclosed he has yet to raise the issue with the auto shop, but the investigation should be sufficient to monitor its operations.<\/p>\n
“Vehicles are going in there and they are not being checked according to safety standards,” Apatang explained, adding .the public safety department should take a look at that station “and do something about it.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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