Following the example of the city of São Paulo and the state of Rio de Janeiro, where vehicle inspections for pollution control is a compulsory routine, all Brazilian states and municipalities with more than three million vehicles will be required to have a Vehicle Inspection Plan.
The rule will come into force after the publication in the National Official Gazette - what may happen soon - and it will cover all motor vehicles, motorcycles and similar vehicles, regardless of the type of fuel they use. The inspection program, however, wil be set by each municipality, and without the periodic inspection, vehicles will not obtain the annual license.
After the publication of Conama's resolution, states and mucipalities have a period of 12 months to prepare and submit the plan to state councils of environment. The plan, a guide for the management of vehicular pollution control, should be based on the inventory of emissions from mobile sources and on the monitoring of air quality.
The vehicle inspection in Brazilian cars aims to identify irregularities in vehicles in use. Among them, the deficiencies in the maintenance and modifications of the original design which cause increased emissions.
The expected result is the improvement of the air quality, with the consequent improvement of public health and increased life expectancy of the inhabitants of large cities. The reduction of vehicle emissions directly reflects on the issue of global warming and on the concentration of ozone in the troposphere, the cause of the greenhouse effect.
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