一位朋友借给你他的车。车子噪音很大并且冒出很多烟。他告诉你车辆已收到缺陷通知,但仍然可以开。你应该怎么做?

A friend lends you his car. It is very noisy and blows a lot of smoke. He tells you the vehicle has been given a defect notice but it's still OK to drive it. What should you do?
借车,但只在车辆不会对他人造成危险的街道上驾驶。Borrow the car but only drive on streets where the car will not be a danger to others.
借车,但始终以低于限速10公里/小时的速度驾驶。Borrow the car, but always drive it 10 Km/h below the speed limit.
在借车之前,检查缺陷通知以确保驾驶该车是合法的。Before you borrow the car check the defect notice to make sure it is legal to drive the car.
A defect notice will be issued for a failed inspection and a vehicle will not pass a subsequent inspection until the necessary repairs specified on the defect notice have been fixed. In the case of a minor defect notice there will be a time period specified in which the defects must be fixed. For a major defect, the vehicle might be grounded (prevented from driving on the road).
未通过检查的车辆将收到缺陷通知书,并且在缺陷通知书上指定的必要修理完成之前,车辆不会通过后续检查。对于轻微缺陷通知书,将规定一个修复缺陷的时间期限。对于重大缺陷,车辆可能会被停驶(禁止在道路上行驶)。

驾驶噪音大或冒烟的车辆

驾驶噪音大或冒烟的车辆会被罚款。启动或驾驶造成不必要噪音或烟雾的车辆将被罚款311美元,并在驾照上扣3分。

冒烟的车辆是指那些造成大量不必要空气污染的车辆。这会在空气中积累,影响人们的健康,并导致烟雾,降低能见度,还会因为引发酸雨而损坏某些类型的建筑物。据说空气污染每年导致超过360万人死亡。

噪音大的车辆对其他人来说是一种烦扰。车辆噪音过大通常意味着消音器有问题。如果您的车辆突然变得噪音大,那么可能是消音器上有个洞。如果消音器整体状况良好,通常可以通过焊接修补洞或裂缝以较低的成本解决。

如果您对汽车进行基本维护,您就会减少它变得冒烟的可能性。有关可见排气烟雾的原因,请参见此处。