[sustran] Re: motor vehicle inspection syste

[Kerry Wood]

Hi Roberto, everybody

Allowing a company to do vehicle inspections should be OK if these requirements
are met:

-  Good testing standards, allowing for the huge variability of vehicles even
when in good condition.

-   Free re-inspection of a failed vehicle included in the test fee, so that
owners of failed vehicles can get repairs done anywhere

-  A failed vehicle allowed on the road to get to a repairer or a test station.

-  A system for appealing against test failures.

This kind of system seems to work well enough in New Zealand. Protection
against fiddles by customers is needed too: The certificate must give the
vehicles registration number, and be difficult to alter. A key check here is
that all inspections are logged on a central computer, so any tester can enter
the registration number and see where and when the vehicle was last inspected,
and the reasons for any failure. This helps to stop owners trying to find a
tester that will let them get away with a fault.

--
Kerry Wood  MICE  MIPENZ  MCIT
Transport Consultant
1 McFarlane Street, Wellington 6001, New Zealand
Phone + 64  4  971 5549