The benefits of safety inspection in the US
The results of the study “The Impact of Periodic Passenger Vehicle Safety Inspection Programs on Roadway Fatalities: Evidence from US States Using Panel Data” have been recently officially published. This research study, led by Prithvi S. Acharya, Laila AitBihiOuali, Daniel J. Graham and H. Scott Matthews, and partially supported by CITA, is another perfect example of how vehicle inspection is crucial to road safety and saving lives.
(more…)A new CITA member from India
Rosmerta Technologies Limited is the leading organization in India in e-governance field and it does business in ten different verticals, in transport domain. They are the largest operator in India for establishing and operating Automated Vehicle Inspection and Certification Centre (PTI Centre).
(more…)Uruguay: UN Global Road Safety Week
As part of a new United Nations Global Road Safety Week (15-21 May 2023), Fundación Gonzalo Rodríguez, with the support of UNASEV, WHO/PAHO and CITA, will carry out an activity, on Tuesday 16 May, to rethink mobility in Uruguay, according to the recommendations of the Global Road Safety Plan developed by the United Nations. This seventh edition focuses on sustainable transport, in particular the need to walk, cycle and use public transport. Road safety is both a prerequisite and a result of this change.
The activity will include a conservatory and a practical laboratory for the implementation of public policies in the territory, aimed at decision-makers at national and departmental level.
For those interested in participating, you can contact the Foundation directly via email.
The Fundación Gonzalo Rodríguez is a Latin American non-profit Non-Governmental Organization. Our mission is to eliminate serious injuries and deaths caused by traffic accidents, promoting safe and healthy mobility in Latin America and the Caribbean, keeping alive the memory of "Gonchi" as a source of inspiration for our work.
PAHO/WHO the international public health organization of the Americas. It works every day with the countries of the region to improve and protect the health of their populations. It provides technical cooperation in health to its member countries, combats communicable diseases and attacks chronic illnesses and their causes, strengthens health systems and responds to emergencies and disasters.
UNASEV. Uruguay, on the recommendation of the World Health Organization, created by law in 2007 the National Road Safety Unit (UNASEV) to regulate and control activities related to traffic and road safety throughout the national territory.
Road safety in LAC: after a decade of action prospects for safer mobility
In the frame of the United Nations Decade of Action for Road Safety 2021-2030, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has shared a new report with the commitment to continue investing in actions to reduce road crashes in the region.
(more…)A new CITA member from Italy
Nexion is an integrated group of companies with manufacturing sites in ltaly, Germany, Denmark, Croatia, China and Brazil which designs, develops and produces a wide range of Automotive Repair and Maintenance solutions, from the top of the range to the entry level. The group is present around the world in more than 150 countries through a highly professional network of 19 branches and more than 350 distributors.
The Nexion product portfolio includes: Tyre repair equipment / Lifting equipment / Wheel alignment machines / ADAS calibration system / Vehicles inspection equipment / Diagnostic equipment / Workshop software solutions.
With its brands CORGHI, HPA-Faip, MONDOLFO FERRO, ORLANDINI, SICE, TECO, TECNOMOTOR, BRIGHT, AUTOPSTENHOJ, BRADBURY, DUNLOP, MOLNAR, PERKUTE, SHERPA, STENHOJ and KOMPUNET INFORMATICA the Nexion Group ensure maximum technological efficiency and a high service level for all needs of tyre specialists, workshops, PTI and OEM.
CITA open letter delivered to Mrs. Von der Leyen
Mr. Patrick Fruth, CEO of TÜV SÜD Mobility - member of CITA, was among the participants of a German delegation of business representatives who met the President of the Commission, Mrs. von der Leyen, in Brussels last 28 March.
On behalf of CITA, Mr. Fruth was able to deliver the open letter on the subject of vehicle data access, underlining that sector-specific European legislation on access to on-board data is urgently needed and crucial for sovereign vehicle inspections.
EU Commission recommendation on PN measurement for PTI
(Brussels. 20/03/2023) The European Commission yesterday published a recommendation containing guidelines for particle number ("PN") concentration testing during periodic technical inspection ("PTI").
Based on existing methods developed by certain Member States, the findings of laboratory tests carried out by the Joint Research Centre of the Commission as well as a consultation of the Commission’s Roadworthiness Expert Group, this paper represents a first step towards harmonised PN measurement during roadworthiness testing.
This Commission’s recommendation defines requirements related to the PN measuring equipment and procedure, metrological and technical requirements, and recommends a pass/fail limit. The guidelines should be applied to all M and N category vehicles equipped with compression ignition engines and diesel particulate filters:
- on light-duty vehicles first registered as of 1 January 2013 (Euro 5b and newer)
- on heavy-duty vehicles first registered as of 1 January 2014 (Euro VI and newer)
Open letter to the President of the EU Commission
CITA call on the European Commission, via an open letter to its President Ms. Ursula von der Leyen, to come forward with a draft sector-specific legislation on access to in-vehicle data and functions, crucial for sovereign tasks.
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