The number of cars discarded rose from 26% in 2016 to 28% in 2017 due to tougher requirements on polluting emissions to protect the environment.
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The Council of Ministers will address this issue of control regulation for cars by 2018.
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Alberto Zalvide, assistant to the General Manager of Supervisión y Control, participates in a Workshop in the field of the Congress EAEC, showing the results of the inspection of exhaust emissions in Galicia.
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During the inspection, up to ten sections of each car are checked.
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The new European Directive, which will enter into force in 2018, would allow technical inspections to analyze the electronic control units of the vehicles and measure the exhaust emissions more accurately.
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During the presentation of a series of measures developed by different Road Safety associations with the aim to avoid 50,000 accidents per year, the Chief Executive of the Traffic Department announced that some cameras had already been installed for this purpose and could be implemented immediately. The measure is aimed at reducing the almost two million vehicles which are currently being used on Spanish roads with a failed or expired vehicle test certificate, putting at risk other road users. The figures speak for themselves: having a valid PTI prevents 170 deaths and at least 11,000 accidents per year. Read more
In the 16 municipalities of Bergantiños, Soneira and Fisterra, as well as Cerceda, there are almost 7000 vehicles pending passing the periodical technical inspection (PTI). According to Spanish Directorate General of Traffic (DGT) figures, we are talking about 6982 cars from a fleet composed of 87204 vehicles, which represents 8% of the total at the end of 2014. According to the Spanish Ministry of Internal Affairs, these percentages are similar to those of other areas in Galicia, such as Santiago and its surrounding area.
26 % of the 124,259 vehicles that underwent technical inspection last year at Peinador had to repeat it, specifically 37,095. Greater requirements from the official regulation to guarantee road safety are behind the slight increase observed compared to last year, although “car maintenance in Vigo is quite good, it has not decreased due to the crisis”, declares the Director of PTI station at Peinador, Alberto Zalvide.
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With the approval in the Spanish Official Gazette (BOE) of new regulations last December, large sized trucks -up to 60 tons and 25.25 metres long- can now circulate on Spanish highways and motorways.