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Take a look at the activities we have been involved in over the past months.
After particulate matter, nitrogen oxides (NOx) are the second largest cause of premature death out of the various pollutants. Within the EU (EU 27), NOx emissions caused 40,400 premature deaths in 2019 and 47,700 in all 41 European countries. Road transport was responsible for 39% of these NOx emissions, making it the largest contributor of this pollutant from all sources. This results in a calculated 18,600 premature deaths per year caused by NOx emissions from road transport in Europe[1] [2]. (more…)
The Association for Quality Management in Vehicle Monitoring e.V. (QM-Verein) was installed in 2008 by 24 of the 26 PTI organisations operating in Germany as a neutral institution and was commissioned with the development as well as the coordination of cross-competitive quality controls. (more…)
Autoterminal Japan Ltd (“ATJ”) is a vehicle inspection specialist providing services required for pre-shipment inspection and verification of used motor vehicles since 1997. (more…)
CITA member AECA-ITV, a Spanish association of entities that collaborate with the administration in the technical inspection of vehicles, has launched a new initiative to highlight the role of PTI in saving lives and caring for the environment. (more…)
Established in 2006, Jevol began its business with providing compact car testing equipment for garages and 4S stores. (more…)
Over the past year, which marked the start of a new Decade of Action for Road Safety, aiming to reduce road traffic deaths by 50 percent by 2030, GRSF has continued to take an active leadership role in speed management activities, including the production of global guidance, technical assistance. (more…)
The purpose of the new updated CITA Recommendation no.8 on brakes is to specify top-level test methods, alternatives, and equipment for assessing the required safety of vehicle braking systems. (more…)
In its new webinar ( 1 March 2022), CITA invited Mr. H. Scott Matthews - principal at Avenue C Advisors and former professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University - to present the results of the study "The impact of periodic Passenger road accident vehicle safety inspection programs in the U.S.A." (more…)
The purpose of the new CITA Recommendation no.25 is to specify in more detail the recommended test methods and equipment for assessing the alignment of vehicle headlamps, and their performance where applicable. (more…)