I’m cleaning my old motor vehicle files. From 1984 to 2007 I owned one automobile and one motorcycle (neither of which I still own), and I drove various rental cars and vehicles owned by my employers.
During this period I accumulated all sorts of documents related to the vehicles (registration, insurance, bills-of-sale, etc.) and infractions (accidents, traffic and parking tickets, etc.).
Is any of this stuff worth holding on to, or can I shred it and toss it?
Thanks all, in advance.
Oh, and if it matters, I live in New York City. All the vehicle documents are New York State-issued.
Almost all of the infraction-related documents are NYS or NYC-issued, although I know I have papers from at least one out-of-state accident (Maryland), and an out-of-state speeding ticket or two, all in rental cars.
Can’t imagine a use for it.
Mind you, I keep stuff like this going back at least that far, simply because the non-recent stuff fits in a file box or two that I can shove into the back corner of the closet and ignore; in terms of the space that different junk takes up around the house and the chaos it creates, I’d get rid of about 0.2% of my clutter if I got rid of all that old paper.
But I don’t keep it because I think I’m gonna need it someday, I keep it just because. 
Unless you’re going to write a very, very detailed autobiography, toss it. It makes no sense to maintain paperwork on vehicles you don’t own any more or tickets and accidents that have been paid.
No, hoarder.
I was literally arrested for a 7 year old “unpaid” speeding ticket. Of course I am not in the habit of carrying proof of my paid tickets around with me, so there was nothing to be done at the time, but preposterously enough, it can happen. Even weirder, I had been pulled over during that time period and had also been issued a drivers license renewal, plus my drivers license remained valid. Apparently the warrant only “showed up” in the issuing county. I called the police after my home was broken into, they ran a routine check, this came up and I was taken from my home in handcuffs. I was allowed to pay the $150 fine at the police station upon arrival. I keep ALL my records of payment and could therefore have gotten this money back I suppose, but I’d rather just not be anywhere near any police at this point, so I decided not to bother.
I sold my house this year and moved to a condo. I am 63 years old and have accumulated a lot of paper. I found the simple act of going through each piece of paper and deciding whether I needed it or not exhausting. I bought a Fujitsu Scansnap. I now scan everything I think I might need, then throw it out. It has the added attraction that if I ever actually need the document, I might actually be able to find it. It was well worth the money.