After 6 hours straight, the man was furious with the technical inspection test: the inspection did not go “through the hole”

A Delfi reader, who drove the Toyota Yaris in 2000 for a technical inspection, said he had traveled to the Tuvlita branch on Lentvario Street, Vilnius.

However, the tail next to him was such that while the sun was baking, the man had to spend 6 hours on it until it was his turn to drive to the checkpoint and entrust the car to the TA controller.

“And the result is that he found a hole in the threshold and wrote that it ‘possibly causes instability in the car.'” Possibly, but there is no guarantee that it will cause “- he resented, leaving the technical assistance department with a white document instead of a green one, which attests that he will have to return to the inspection again after the automobile defects have been rectified.

The report of the technical inspection test results indicates that a major defect was found during the inspection of the car: “The chassis and the components attached to it. General condition. Excessive corrosion, which can affect the stability (resistance) of the structure ”.

“And he wrote that he would make allowances for small defects due to the coronavirus. I realized there would be serious problems, but because of that oxidation, it is a mockery of people after 6 hours of heat, “said the man.

Queues can be avoided.

Renaldas Gabartas, head of communication for the Transeksta association, which unites technical inspection companies, heard the situation with a Delfi reader and explained that queues will form at technical assistance companies for some time, accepting more than just clients pre-registered.

“As it was said during the quarantine that the car could be used throughout the quarantine period and one month after the end of the road suitability test, a large number of drivers took advantage of this benefit. Although many managed to carry out inspections, We estimate that some 13,000 people have not yet visited the technical assistance companies. automobiles, “he said, stressing that the highest concentration was in the main cities of the country.

Furthermore, according to him, queues are formed due to the fact that many drivers tend to postpone the mandatory technical inspection test until the last day, and so it is impossible to write down the test and have to be in a live queue.

However, queues can be avoided if TA is not done, for example, in Vilnius, but in the surrounding cities, as well as by the possibility of pre-registration. It is true that R. Gabart did not hide, even if he fails to reach the technical inspection in advance the next day, he will have to wait 4-5 days.

Threshold hole: not a minor inconvenience

Ramūnas Vėlavičius, Deputy Director of UAB Transporto studija, emphasized that the softeners of the AT procedure in force during the quarantine did not touch the supporting structures of the car in any way. The ombudsman was asked to look more leniently at cases where, for example, an emergency stop signal was not exactly what was needed, and so on.

Speaking about the situation facing a Delfi reader, the expert emphasized that what seems a little bit to the average consumer when looking at car construction is a serious deficiency.

“It is a violation of the supporting structure. The threshold of a car is not made up of one part, but several. And if the corrosion is on the outside, in the case of a road fitness test, it does not adhere to it and is not considered to damage the supporting structure. But if the threshold is damaged so much that it opens the internal structures, they are no longer protected from the environment, they accumulate moisture, dirt and this encourages corrosion to flow more deeply. the hole is palpable, shiny, it is considered a major flaw. It would also be a huge inconvenience if the outer foil has sharp edges, splinters and could injure the driver, passenger or passing person, “said the expert.

If rust on the car sill is not a reason for the TA controller to mark a major defect on the inspection sheet, damage to the load-bearing internal sill structure is assessed very strictly.

“After all, this part relies on the jack when you lift the car to change wheels. This would create a risk of injury if a cat hits this spot and the car falls over. So if, as the car owner said, the hole generally shows more serious problems, ”said the interlocutor, emphasizing that the broader comment still needs to see the problem directly, because even the photos do not reveal the actual condition of the car.

However, he did not hide the fact that the AT inspectors do not consider the surface rust to be a serious defect, but if the rust is punctured and the body holes are unlikely to be inspected.