It makes good sense to ensure your ride gets you to point B in one piece.

Tuesday, the Vicksburg Public Transportation Board OK’d a more thorough round of inspections for the city’s three taxicab companies. City mechanics will perform the equivalent of a 100,000-mile check on all sedans, vans and compacts, as brakes, exhaust systems, tires and evidence of any fluid leaks become part of the deal.

The comprehensive checkup starts Jan. 27 and continues over three days for each carrier.

Stronger points in the checkup represent a stark departure from the mess the situation was with for-hire vehicles five years ago.

An industry that for decades in Vicksburg went lightly regulated, if at all, imploded in 2009, when longtime taxi company J&B closed its doors, leaving the city without a cab company for the first time in 75 years. Liability insurance had become a requirement for taxis in the city a few years prior to that, and it represented a perpetual red light to operators who said the expense was too great. The industry recovered some time later, and now Rocket, Executive and Pick Me Up Shuttle taxi services are on board with the new regulations. Nary a discouraging word was uttered at the board’s meeting where the new regulations were approved 2-0. No news is good news in that aspect of the story.

In between, the city instituted a set of minimum standards to make sure licensed carriers had vehicles worth paying $20 to ride across town in. Specifically, city cops checked horns, lights, turn signals, speedometers, windshields, and mirrors for functionality. Now, in addition to the aforementioned checkups, licenses and permits must be renewed at the same time — another good idea because it makes it a one-stop shop for cabbies that now don’t have to worry about making multiple appointments, interfering with their work schedules.

It’s an example of streamlining that appears to be working for the government, the industry and Joe Six Pack. How many other examples of that efficiency can you come up with?