Getting Your Car’s VA Safety Inspection During the COVID-19 Crisis
Whether your inspection sticker has already expired or is set to expire soon, please make plans now to get your inspection renewed and avoid a ticket.
On March 19, Governor Ralph Northam directed the Virginia State Police to suspend citing drivers for expired motor vehicle Safety Inspection stickers until July 31, 2020, due to the spread of COVID-19. Now that the State Police have resumed enforcing State Inspections, we are continuing to take precautions to protect our customers and staff from the virus.
Virginia Tire & Auto is taking the following steps to ensure the health and safety of our customers and employees:
- Frequently cleaning commonly touched surfaces
- Requesting customers to wear face coverings while in our stores in accordance with the Virginia Mask Mandate
- Requiring employees to wear company-provided masks
- Requiring employees to wash their hands often
- Requiring employees to wear a new pair of gloves every time they enter a vehicle or handle vehicle keys
- Requiring daily temperature checks for all employees
- Offering a generous sick leave policy for employees so they stay home if they are ill
At this time, customers are not allowed to remain in their vehicles during an inspection. Please plan to wait in our waiting areas or coordinate a pick-up. Not all stores are offering customer shuttles at this time.
For contactless service, ask us about VTA2You, our complimentary pick-up and drop-off service, or use Anytime Curbside Drop-off.
We do not take appointments for inspections. To avoid long lines, we recommend coming by in the middle of the month, in the middle of the week, in the middle of the day. Please call ahead for inspection wait times and availability. Inspection hours may differ from store hours.
Read: Where Can I Get My Car Inspected In VA and What Can I Expect?
This article was originally posted on April 20, 2020.