So that places like VIP Tires can scam unknowing people into doing unnecessary work on their cars to “pass inspection”. Avoid VIP Tires at all costs

Anything south of Littleton!

The opposite of "northern" new Hampshire

Concord and points south

Concord. North of Lincoln is the land of the White Walkers (and is awesome.)

Oh that’s great to hear, I wasn’t aware! I will definitely check it out regardless! Appreciate you!

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To make sure that your car is roadworthy and for revenue.

That's actually not true. The government run study found that there was no correlation between traffic safety and inspections.

Thank you, yes this is what I meant. I commented above my positive feelings for MB!

I definitely have no problem with market basket! I shop there and Trader Joe’s for myself and family!! They are my favorite bigger grocery store and the prices are generally great! I love their owner now that the whole brother situation occurred and the staff seem to really like him which is important. I specifically want to buy non-chain for my dogs, though. :)

Market basket is definitely a small, local business. But I think they mean more of a farm or the like.

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I will look into it but would really prefer supporting a small business instead of a chain. Thanks for letting me know!

With no broad based taxes the state has to raise revenue with ‘user fees’ like inspection and registration fees.

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Did your car not pass inspection and now you’re frustrated because you have an unexpected expense to pay for? Because that’s my reaction whenever that happened to me. I feel your pain if so.

So the state can make money.

Minnesota ranges between 7.3 and 9.7 motor vehicle deaths per 100K population and has no safety, emissions, or VIN inspections. It does have a climate directly comparable to that of NH.

NH ranges between 7.9 and 11.1 per 100K population and has onerous safety inspections. NH loses.

Comparing by deaths per 100M vehicle miles, Minnesota ranges from 0.6 to 0.7 and NH ranges from 0.7 to 1.0. NH loses again.

Comparing by deaths per 10K vehicles, Minnesota ranges from 0.6 to 0.8 and NH ranges from 0.7 to 1.1. NH loses 3 out of 3.

https://injuryfacts.nsc.org/state-data/motor-vehicle-deaths-by-state/

Read this

Key takeaway is that even if they did make us safer, vehicle problems only account for 2% of accidents anyway. It's almost entirely driver error that causes accidents.

Another point they mention is that there is no evidence that they are effective in the 30 years some states have required them.

And this

This too

This as well

( Hat Tip to /u/opuntina )

Lmao

Take a look at how many cars have a brand new inspection sticker and tires with no tread on them or rust holes in the body. The garages pass em if they are a good customer. Lots of garages would go out of business without inspections.

To collect the fee.

Both of those are mostly just proxy measurements for lack of diversity in the state.

This needs to be abolished. Bipartisan issue.

HB 646 this year will abolish this mandate. Last year the bill failed because a bunch of mechanic shops showed up to testify against it (classic public choice theory). We can outnumber them.

Please show up and testify when this bill hits the transportation committee in the house.

A quick bit of googling shows there's a high correlation between the states that have annual or biennial safety inspections, and the states that have the fewest traffic fatalities per capita. So maybe that's the answer.

https://www.safewise.com/blog/safest-states-drivers/

https://headlights.com/what-states-still-require-car-inspection/