• sunnie@slrpnk.net
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    2 months ago

    In Cuba the old cars are meticulously maintained, though. In the US it will be all rusty old death traps.

    [Seriously though, the bad economy is already turning the roads into this. The number of frighteningly unmaintained and crashed-but-not-repaired cars is noticeably increasing lately.]

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      2 months ago

      Do you not have mandatory checks for cars in the US? Here you have to go to a certified mechanic’s shop within 4 years after the car is first registered and every 2 years after that. They check brakes, steering, emissions and lights and if you fail any of those checks you are not allowed to drive that car until you get it fixed.

      • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca
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        2 months ago

        Do you not have mandatory checks for cars in the US?

        Not in most states. only 13/50. Cars crash on failures, wheels fly off and kill, brakes fail, no one gives a fuck.

      • haai5dezw@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        Depends heavily on the state, but even inspections in the strictest states do not compare to the ones in Europe. Some states have no inspections whatsoever.