So do you need a technical inspection or not? The analysis of world practice does not give a clear answer. Prevention of road accidents.
A positive example can be found in the United States, the most motorized country in the world. In 13 states out of fifty, inspectors do not inspect cars at all. There is no need to spend people's money on something empty, because, according to statistics, in the United States, the number of accidents due to poor technical condition of a car does not exceed 0.7% of their total number. The overwhelming majority of cars rolling along the highways of an immense country are in good order. Therefore, Kentucky and Minnesota have recently canceled the inspection, and since August 1, 2010, and New Jersey. The Delaware government takes an intermediate position, mandating maintenance on vehicles over four years old. In Maryland, an inspection is required only in case of a change of ownership or import of a car from another state. Other states are studying best practices and inspecting cars every year or two. (But, as a rule, to a lesser extent than ours, and on business. And not service people are busy with this.) The basis is the 1990 federal act on the purity of the air. Passed the inspection - get a sticker on the glass or take a check of the TO payment with you.
The list of components and systems tested varies greatly from state to state. The richest (by our standards - very short) list is in Virginia, New York and Massachusetts. Meticulously inspect wheels with tires, brakes, bodywork, lighting equipment, turn signals and reflectors, mirrors, glass, their wipers, steering gear, gearbox, catalytic converter, sound signal, fuel system and even the filler neck, check the accuracy of instrument readings. In other states, drive safely if the belts are intact and the airbags are intact.
They give 20 days to fix it. Without a "TO coupon" you can run into a large fine. However, in the United States, the owner himself has a vested interest in ensuring that everything in the car is ranked by rank. If you please in an accident on a faulty car, you will not pay off the insurance company for a century. And if, God forbid, someone dies, they will slap a term for murder through negligence.
In Canada, inspection is carried out annually, and 10 working days are given to correct defects. Cars are checked at official technical inspection stations. The general approach is largely borrowed from the British.
DIDN'T REPAIR - TO SCRAP
In Great Britain, the Department of Transport has been conducting technical inspections since 1967. They take a lot: 55-57 pounds. Operation of the vehicle is prohibited without the corresponding mark. For repairs - 10 working days. Repeated appeal to the ministerial point - with a discount or completely free of charge (if the modifications are minor). British technical regulations, by the way, prohibit the operation of machines with an "American" light beam.
Neighbors across the English Channel, in France, will be fined 90-135 euros for an overdue inspection and will be deprived of the ticket itself, without which it is forbidden to travel on the roads on pain of prison. This threatens owners of cars over four years old. They must renew the sticker on the windshield every two years, and if the car is more than ten years old, annually. By the way, such a survey regulation (in force since 1996) is recommended for all EU countries.
The number of authorized centers is limited, so they sign up for an examination a week or two in advance. The actual inspection procedure for 133 items takes no more than half an hour and costs 75 euros. Two months are allowed to correct flaws. Didn't meet such a liberal deadline - say goodbye to the car: it will go for compulsory scrapping.
In Spain, the service of passing MOT is also provided by official dealers. For 40–45 euros, they will pick up the car, carry out an inspection and return it to the owner with all the paperwork. There is even an option for monitoring at night: the car that has passed the inspection is delivered to the owner's entrance by 7 o'clock in the morning of the next day.
VALUE OR HARAKIRI?
In Austria and Germany, a vehicle inspection is prescribed for cars over three years old, and it is done every two years. The age of the Austrian car can be judged by the garland of colored stickers on the back of the windshield. For the Germans, a colored round on the back number serves as evidence of compliance with technical standards, an environmental one on the front one, by the end of the year they will be combined into a common system. You can pass the examination no earlier than a month before the date indicated in the mark, and no later than four months later.
The first three years from the date of issue are exempt from inspection in the Netherlands and Sweden, cars over 30 years old undergo maintenance every two years.
Inspections have been carried out in Finland for over 90 years. Since 1968, these functions have been entrusted to the State Road Agency, which from this year is limited to checking private authorized companies.
The most expensive vehicle inspection is in Japan. You don't have to think about it for the first three years after buying a car, but then every two years you will have to fork out at least $ 300, and taking into account repeated requests and taxes, for the whole thousand. Therefore, the majority prefers to hand over the car for recycling on time or sell it with the condition of exporting it abroad.
There is no single vehicle inspection system in the Celestial Empire. Each Chinese province or city government sets its own limits.
So do you need a technical inspection or not? The analysis of world practice does not give a clear answer. Although the trends are indicated. Most cars are sold and registered in the United States. In terms of organizing the life of motorists, this country is the undisputed leader. Therefore, the inspection will probably go along the American path, that is, towards the Leta River. Cars themselves are pushing towards it, becoming reliable, safe, and also interactive. Even now, a car that has fallen ill will not move until it is examined by specialists. And in the future, he will immediately report his health to the technical center. Why such traffic cops? They will manage without them.
