The stormy weather that has lashed Galicia these days has already caused substantial damage in the north of Spain, with the Galician community being the first to endure the troughs of low pressures that have swept across the Iberian Peninsula from west to east and that has already left fallen trees, roads blocked, flights cancelled and power cuts in thousands of homes.
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From now on, trucks and buses that exceed 10 tonnes of MMA will be forced to undergo the vehicle technical inspection with their load in order to check the correct working order of their braking systems.
This measure follows the implementation of Directive 2010/48 that regulates the technical inspections of vehicles, and will ensure that all industrial vehicles with a MMA in excess of 3,500 kg will now be forced to undergo the new loaded inspection (using at least 2/3 of its capacity or 66%?) with the aim to check the corresponding braking system.
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