NH State Inspection For Vehicles

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Originally Posted by tis

We followed a truck yesterday with so much smoke coming out of it, we couldn't see in front of us. Overall I don't feel the road will be unsafe without car inspections. The cars here don't look any better to me than in Florida. I don't see all the junks in Fl. that some of you are talking about.

Every single time I've been to Florida, I've noticed wayyyy more beaters than I ever see in New England.

In fact, last week when I wrote the comment about how few people drive $65k cars and tip $50, my family and I spent the whole ride from Lowell, MA to our camp looking at what people were driving, and we came up with two things: 1. A tiny, tiny percentage of the passenger (not including 18-wheelers, construction trucks etc.) vehicles were $65k+ and 2. There are almost no "old" cars on the road.

Stats show this as the average age of cars in NH is 10.3 vs. the national average, 12.2. And here's a map that shows Florida has a higher average age, as well.

The question, though, is safety—older cars definitely means higher maintenance requirements to maintain safety, but does it mean people don't do that maintenance?

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