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The purpose of our NH car inspection system is safety – it is not a question of whether we should have an inspection system, but what kind of inspection system. It needs updating, not tossing out. I believe the newly proposed system includes a 3 year grace period for new cars where no inspections are necessary. Sounds very reasonable. Other such changes should be discussed.

An inspection that checks the wheels, steering, ability to brake, lights, car fluids —seems vital. I’m sure there are other things a competent mechanic could add to the list. We do not want cars out there that can’t stop or can’t see you or otherwise put others in danger from problems that a safety inspection could have foreseen.

If some kind of compromise is needed, let’s go the route of improving the system, not dumping it. I’d rather we didn’t live in the unsafe clunker capital of the US.

Michael Frandzel lives in Portsmouth.

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