MEASURING INSTRUMENTS FOR VEHICLE TECHNICAL INSPECTION IN TECHNICAL REGULATIONS – A REVIEW

Abstract

Technical regulations governing the process of vehicle technical inspections are very important because they ensure that measuring instruments, devices and tools used at technical inspection lines to assess vehicle compliance with traffic safety and environmental requirements (vehicle roadworthiness) are accurate, reliable and standardized. They also ensure that all vehicle technical inspection units use measuring instruments that meet the same performance criteria, so the results are comparable no matter where the inspection is done. This paper reviews some of the most significant international and national regulations on vehicle technical inspections that direct the work of technical inspection units and contain guidelines for selecting the proper type of measuring instruments to meet specific criteria. Special attention is given to Serbian regulations from this field, starting from Road traffic safety law to the specialized rulebooks on measuring instruments at vehicle inspection units. A review of all mentioned regulations has shown that they might become obsolete if they do not take into account rapid changes in vehicle design and general emerging technologies applied to automotive industry. The key to solving this problem may be in continuous harmonization of regulations and close cooperation between regulating bodies, vehicle and equipment producers and licensed technical inspection units.