2023-06-28 21:04:01
The number of vehicles that circulate without having passed the ITV reaches 36.4%. This is a figure that represents a danger to road safety and the environment, since it means that many vehicles could be driving on our roads and cities without meeting the necessary conditions, according to AECA-ITV.
From this organization they have formally asked the Town Halls to use the cameras of the Low Emission Zones (ZBE) to control vehicles with expired ITV.
Guillermo Magaz, managing director of AECA-ITV, has ensured that “in addition to controlling the access of vehicles with a certain environmental label, it must be guaranteed that those who circulate through the restricted areas have the technical inspection in force, since the ITV allows to identify those vehicles whose polluting emissions exceed the limits allowed by the regulations. Therefore, having the ITV in force we understand that it should be a prerequisite for access to the ZBE.
AECA-ITV has insisted that it is not a complicated procedure, since there are a large number of automated technical means, such as radars and cameras equipped with an OCR reader, which allow the information of the detected images to be crossed with the data of the General Registry of Vehicles of the General Directorate of Traffic.
From the association they propose to also take advantage of the registration of license plates of the regulated parking areas to carry out a control of the vehicles with ITV in force and, in case of not having it, to proceed to the opening of the corresponding disciplinary file.
How is the ITV emissions test performed?
According to the data published by the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism and that the Spanish Association of Collaborating Entities of the Administration in the Technical Inspection of Vehicles analyzes, that of polluting emissions is the third chapter of the ITV in which the most defects are detected, after lighting and signaling and that of the axles, wheels, tires and suspension.
FP Gas Detection Test
In order to verify the correct operation of these vehicle emission post-treatment systems, the ITV performs two types of checks: a visual one and a mechanized one, through the gas analyzer and the OBD reader.
This is a type of inspection that is common to both types of engines: spark ignition (gasoline) and compression ignition (diesel). In the case of diesel engines, what is measured, at the pollution level, is the opacity of the exhaust gases. The greater the opacity of the exhaust gases, the greater the concentration of polluting particles in them, resulting in “black smoke” in the worst case. Very high levels of opacity indicate that the combustion that occurs inside the engine is incomplete (the fuel does not burn correctly) or that the post-treatment system (particle filter) is not in proper working order.
On the other hand, in gasoline engines the concentration of carbon monoxide (CO) is measured. Very high levels of CO concentration indicate that the combustion that takes place inside the engine is not correct or that the post-treatment system is not in a correct working order.
In addition to the test with the gas analyzer, in passenger cars, both diesel and gasoline, in which their ITV card indicates that they comply with a Euro 5 or later standard, it is checked through the vehicle’s OBD port that the control unit It does not have stored errors related to the gas post-treatment system, that is, errors that the vehicle’s own control unit has detected (some failure or malfunction of some component).
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