NH State Inspection For Vehicles

[ITD]

There are a lot of people who will drive a jalopy car with no brakes, broken springs, rotted out frames, worn out bearings, bad tires, bad shocks, big holes in sheet metal, the list goes on and on. Most either don't want to spend the money or can't afford to spend the money for repairs. I really don't want to share the road with these cars.

A car inspection in the state ranges from "$20 to $50" if you pay more than that then you probably are paying for things that needed to be repaired or replaced, or you need to find a new station.

Sorry folks, as much of a pain as the inspections are, I'm fine with them. If everyone were responsible and would not drive a deficient car, then I would agree with eliminating the inspections, but trust me, there more people than you would imagine who don't care. I've known quite a few.

[John Mercier]

The ones that can't afford it are what they are trying to figure out.

[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.

[thinkxingu]

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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[TiltonBB]

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.

I don't notice much of a difference in condition between cars in Florida and cars in New Hampshire. Florida does not have state mandated inspections and doesn't require front plates either. I have never seen statistics to support the necessity or show the safety benefit of either.

Police officers and DOT inspectors can and do write citations for excessive smoke or any other safety violations they observe. That does happen and reduces the amount of unsafe vehicles on the road. Heavy diesel trucks do not get emissions testing during a state inspection.

[tis]

Originally Posted by TiltonBB

I don't notice much of a difference in condition between cars in Florida and cars in New Hampshire. Florida does not have state mandated inspections and doesn't require front plates either. I have never seen statistics to support the necessity or show the safety benefit of either.

Police officers and DOT inspectors can and do write citations for excessive smoke or any other safety violations they observe. That does happen and reduces the amount of unsafe vehicles on the road. Heavy diesel trucks do not get emissions testing during a state inspection.

Thank you. Exactly the way I see it. And most violations that they check for on an inspection become obvious if they are not working.

[thinkxingu]

Originally Posted by John Mercier

The ones that can't afford it are what they are trying to figure out.

Afford what, the inspection fee? At most, it's $4/month. If someone can't swing that, they almost certainly are driving a vehicle that's not adequately maintained.

Or are you talking about the costs associated with keeping automobiles at the level required to pass inspection?

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[John Mercier]

Originally Posted by thinkxingu

Afford what, the inspection fee? At most, it's $4/month. If someone can't swing that, they almost certainly are driving a vehicle that's not adequately maintained.

Or are you talking about the costs associated with keeping automobiles at the level required to pass inspection?

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Repairs.
The testimony before the committees is now online, and even in a text format.

Pretty transparent.

So far the costing issue this year has centered around housing, food, and transportation.

Transportation seemed to have the least areas that they could do anything at the State level.
Locally, many options exist... but those may not work for longer distances.

For housing, Belmont got ahead of the curve during out town meeting, and open residential properties to manufactured housing. That will now become a State law that municipalities will have until next June to comply with.
And they removed municipalities ability to expand the building code.

For food, they have several bills in. But again, most of this is currently local like transportation issues.

[John Mercier]

Appears the inspection bill is headed back to committee.