US states generally (possibly all) don’t do vehicle safety inspections. There are periodic smog tests and that’s about it. Detection of unfitness to be on the road is entirely reactive, based on a system of police-issued “fix it” tickets. That can range from correcting a burned-out tail light to doing something about the rusty muffler dragging on the ground.
He’d get a lot more sympathy if he were funny, and if he weren’t such an obsequious toad.
I don’t think we can get there through education or enforcement.
It’s far worse in the US than it is in some other countries I’ve lived in. So education and enforcement can probably make a significant difference.
Sounds like it’s the inappropriate speed limit and failure to control crosswalks that are more deadly than the direction of travel.
Why does the increment get smaller as you increase your illegal speed?
This offends my sense of natural harmony.
I’ve you’re driving a 90-year-old car, it’s not for economic reasons.