The Transit Police in Costa Rica is now operating equipment acquired and provided by the Technical Vehicle Inspection company (RITEVE) with the purpose of improving road safety.
The mobile units will be used on the streets with the purpose of checking gas emissions, and the general conditions of the vehicles, tires, lights, breaks, just as it is done on vehicles every year.
It is mandatory for vehicle owners to take their car to RITEVE once a year to verify they are in good enough conditions to continue circulating, without RITEVE cars cannot get their marchamo which is the the vehicle’s circulation permit, similar to the registration payment in the United States.
It is not uncommon for some car owners to borrow tires or provide “quick” fixes to ensure their car approves RITEVE. This is what the mobile units now hope to prevent.
The mobile units are operated by trained RITEVE personnel who will provide the transit officer with a report for them to issue a ticket in those cases in which the car is not complying with the Costa Rican law.
“The officers supported by one of these units will be on the roads making checkups and verifying the conditions of the vehicles, both in national and county routes. The importance of the technical inspection is about road safety, preventing traffic accidents, and in general bring down the number of accidents we have been facing in the past decade”, commented Germán Marín , Transit Director.
In the case of cars with international plates and permit to circulate in the country, even though they are not obligated to comply with RITEVE they are obligated to comply with Costa Rican law; cars must be in optimal conditions from a road safety stand point and in order to protect the environment.
Article 24 of Transit Law 9048 establishes that along with the annual revision, authorities have the possibility of carrying out at any given time and on any public road, a complimentary technical inspection.
The mobile units will be used on the streets with the purpose of checking gas emissions, and the general conditions of the vehicles, tires, lights, breaks, just as it is done on vehicles every year.
It is mandatory for vehicle owners to take their car to RITEVE once a year to verify they are in good enough conditions to continue circulating, without RITEVE cars cannot get their marchamo which is the the vehicle’s circulation permit, similar to the registration payment in the United States.
It is not uncommon for some car owners to borrow tires or provide “quick” fixes to ensure their car approves RITEVE. This is what the mobile units now hope to prevent.
The mobile units are operated by trained RITEVE personnel who will provide the transit officer with a report for them to issue a ticket in those cases in which the car is not complying with the Costa Rican law.
“The officers supported by one of these units will be on the roads making checkups and verifying the conditions of the vehicles, both in national and county routes. The importance of the technical inspection is about road safety, preventing traffic accidents, and in general bring down the number of accidents we have been facing in the past decade”, commented Germán Marín , Transit Director.
In the case of cars with international plates and permit to circulate in the country, even though they are not obligated to comply with RITEVE they are obligated to comply with Costa Rican law; cars must be in optimal conditions from a road safety stand point and in order to protect the environment.
Article 24 of Transit Law 9048 establishes that along with the annual revision, authorities have the possibility of carrying out at any given time and on any public road, a complimentary technical inspection.
