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More documents needed when the police stops you on the road?
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According to totalcar.hu, technical inspection of cars may change in two important aspects from May 20th. The changes are likely to complicate life and are going to concern everybody whose check-up expires after the deadline.
The expected changes
The guidelines to change the existing system of inspection will be obligatory for all members of the European Union. The aim is to make identification easier. Starting on Sunday, drivers will need to have their registration book as well as the certificate of the technical inspection that everybody receives at the testing.
The certificate includes the expiry of the validity period, the licence plate number, the chassis number as well as the number of kilometres covered and the date the checkup expires.
The aim of these guidelines is to make determining whether the car has a valid technical in any of the European Economic Area (EEA) countries. Registration books differ from country to country while the certificate of the technical inspection has a similar format in each country, it’s just the language that’s different.
In Hungary, like in most European Union member states, cars need to be tested every 4 years at the beginning and every 2 years after that. They test the car-body, signs of previous damages, and then they inspect the main linking parts in case they started corroding. Brakes are also checked, same as landing gear and steering gear, and they look for leaks near the engine, the breaks and the shock-absorbers.
Testing is known to last at least half an hour. One of the reasons for this is that an environmental examination takes place, too.
This checks whether the engine’s carbon monoxide and hydrocarbon emission are within the limit. If it is a diesel car, the level of fuming is also inspected. Lights also have to be functioning and without any cracks. Same goes for the windshield; there cannot be any cracks, at least not where the driver’s vision would be disturbed.
In Hungary, a certificate is issued after every technical exam since December 2015. So, not only those having their car tested after 20th May can have it, but they are the ones from whom the police can ask for it.
