I have always felt like NH Inspection laws were really just meant to phase out older cars. I was a licensed inspector for several years and, having become intimately familiar with the inspection code, I can honestly say that many of the laws do not even apply to newer cars.
A car fails the safety inspection if there are rust holes. They say it is because a kid "could" walk by and "could" put their finger in the hole and "could" get cut and then "could" contract tetanus (this was the explanation given to me by a state trooper). It is really just an excuse to get rusty cars off the road because the elitist state legislators don't want to have to look at that shit. End of story...
It's the same with Euro style tail lights and loud exhausts failing inspection. They are not unsafe...they were considered part of the F & F trend and the Volvo, BMW, Audi, Mercedes crowd had to squash that shit before it got out of hand.
Ironically, many years of Lexus vehicles have clear lense "euro style" tail lights from the factory...those pass.
The same with ride height laws. I got ride height tickets when my truck was static dropped and not as low as a factory corvette. I had a state trooper tell me it was illegal because if I rear end a semi, I will go under the bumper and get decapitated. I said, "well what about factory C5 corvettes? They are much lower and probably way more dangerous. My truck is about as low as your average passenger car now" "well son those cars come engineered like that for a reason. Your truck came higher and now you've made it unsafe"
Ok thanks Office Improv....
I'm surprised they aren't required there
