Expansion of Comprehensive Vehicle Inspections to 38 Cities and Counties Starting from the 3rd

[Asia Economy Reporter Yoo In-ho] From the 3rd, comprehensive vehicle inspections will be implemented in 38 cities and counties newly designated as "non-metropolitan areas outside the metropolitan area subject to air quality management zones."

The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announced on the 2nd that comprehensive vehicle inspections, which were currently conducted in the metropolitan area, metropolitan cities, and large cities with populations over 500,000, will be expanded to major regions nationwide due to the enactment and enforcement of the Air Quality Management Zone Act aimed at reducing fine dust emissions.

In April, the existing four zones outside the metropolitan area?Central, Southern, and Southeastern regions?along with 8 special/metropolitan cities and 69 cities/counties were newly designated as air quality management zones.

Accordingly, after additional installation of inspection equipment and increase of inspectors at existing regular inspection stations to enable comprehensive inspections, a three-month grace period was given for the new areas, and comprehensive inspections will be implemented starting from the 3rd.

Since comprehensive inspections cannot be conducted at regular inspection stations, it is essential to check the location of comprehensive inspection stations before visiting. In particular, vehicles with a total weight exceeding 5.5 tons, including light and medium-sized vehicles and large vehicles, can only be inspected at comprehensive inspection stations equipped with large vehicle inspection equipment.

Owners of vehicles that have been judged non-compliant more than twice in the emission gas category during comprehensive inspections must have their vehicles repaired at emission gas specialized repair shops, not general vehicle repair shops, and then undergo re-inspection.

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