New Tougher Vehicular Inspection
Manual To Be Ready In
September, In Force By
January 2009
Without a question pubic
transport vehicles, like
taxis, cannot have
polarized windows. That
is one just a number of
the changes to the
manual for the annual
vehicular inspection
being prepared and to go
into effect in January
2009.
The manual is expected
to be approved by
Transport officials by
September allowing
owners of vehicles to
make the necessary
modifications to their
vehicles.
Viviana Martín, vice-ministra
de Transportes, said
that her department is
looking to modify the
regulations for
restriction controls in
vehicular revision,
especially in the areas
of mechanical and safety
and responding to the
technological changes of
newer vehicles.
"Taxi will not be
permitted to have any
type of obstruction of
windows, like polarized
glass, to ensure citizen
safety", said Martín.
The vice-minister added
that similar
regulations, only on a
graduated scale, will be
applied to private
vehicles. Already,
although the annual
inspection allows
polarization of rear
windows, calling them "leve"
or light infraction,
Tránsito (traffic)
officials are fining
vehicles.
Other changes that are
expected to make it part
of the revised manual is
the condition of the
horn, the thickness of
the tire threads,
including using tire
wider than recommended
by the manufacturer and
handicap ramps for
buses, all items that
currently leve which
will pass to "grave" or
serious and meaning a
failed inspection.
Martín said that many of
the changes are coming
directly from vehicle
owners, traffic police
and a commission in
charge of reviewing the
current manual and input
from the transportation
industry. |
