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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.
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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.