📋 Tender Overview
The annual report on technical roadside inspections the MPs Josef Singer VP Klaus Kchl SP Hermann Weratschnig Greens and Walter Rauch FP concluded that these vehicle checks with regard to safety deficiencies have proven to be an important instrument for increasing traffic safety. The system of controls in Austria is very effective the number of vehicles checked is well above the EU average Minister of Transport Gewessler noted. In 2019 211214 vehicles with suspected technical defects in flow traffic were rejected in the Austrian road network and checked on the spot as part of an initial technical roadside inspection. 21787 vehicles were subjected to a more thorough technical roadside inspection. Serious defects were found in 13000 vehicles of which 5000 were so seriousFederal Minister Gewessler also pointed out that roadside controls include measures to combat distortions of competition in freight transport in addition to vehicle technology aspects. In the course of the roadside checks in 2019 the driving and resting times of 107773 drivers were checked with a total of 1826112 working days.Regarding the activities within the framework of the truck safety platform and the check of compliance with the immission limit values the traffic department has informed that the SCR systems are being manipulated which are used in heavy commercial vehicles to reduce nitrogen oxides. The main thing is to be able to detect manipulations of the AdBlue catalyst liquid.
