Outdated Auto Inspection Laws Appear More Related to Culture than Cold

Outdated Auto Inspection Laws Appear More Related to Culture than Cold

EDITOR’S NOTE: After this article appeared at JBartlett.org, a committee of conference agreed to a compromise giving new car owners five years before they must get an inspection. The House and Senate will give this deal an up-or-down vote.   Every time legislators propose ending New Hampshire’s annual auto inspection mandate, opponents allege that inspections are common in Northern states because cold weather hazards (road salt, frost heaves) ma…