Motorcycle and scooter technical control: update in 2018

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March 1, 2018

Constantly postponed, motorcycle technical control is like the Loch Ness monster: everyone talks about it, but no one sees it. A European text provides for mandatory checks for motorcycles over 125cm3 from 2022.

Motorcycle and scooter technical control: update in 2018

Technical control history

Mandatory since 1992, the automotive technical control applies to all light vehicles and motorhomes over four years old, and must be carried out every two years.

This periodic technical inspection varies for certain vehicles (vintage cars, LPG vehicles, etc.).

Private vehicles must do so within six months of the fourth year of identification. The date is indicated on your registration certificate (your gray card).

Carried out at the initiative of the owner, this CTA test carried out by a state-approved center is intended to verify that the vehicle is in good working order and in satisfactory condition.

If no check-up is required, a report is drawn up and a sticker is issued.

The car technical control was originally intended to limit the movement of dangerous vehicles in poor working order in the French fleet.

But, to this road safety issue, has been added a environmental goal with the desire to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.

Since 2008, the level of pollution has been measured at each periodic check on cars.

Any owner putting or keeping a vehicle in circulation without having fulfilled the technical control obligations set by law is liable to a fourth class technical control fine: no loss of points on the driving license, but a fixed fine of 135 € and immobilization may be prescribed according to article R 323-1 of the highway code.

So far, bikers are not subject to this test.

Where is the motorcycle technical control? ?

At the end of the 1990s, the European Commission invokes the respect of new anti-pollution and anti-noise standards to oblige the motorcyclist and motorcyclist to have their two-wheelers regularly inspected.

In France, debates over motor vehicle inspection heat up in 2007.

The Council of Bridges and Roads recommends the establishment of a technical control for motorcycles and mopeds, while recognizing that it is "difficult to establish a correlation between the condition of the vehicle and the occurrence of accidents".

At the time, the examination of two-wheelers planned by the public authorities should cover the braking system, lighting and signaling, pollution and noise levels; tires are checked for wear, unclamping …

But, the announcements are not followed by the facts. We were already talking to you about the technical control for motorcycles in 2014.

Motorcycle technical control for resale

Scheduled to be introduced in 2017, the MOT should be mandatory for motorcycles and scooters put on sale on the second-hand market.

The bill was postponed after a wave of protest from professionals in the sector who had expressed reservations about the low volume of visits In certain regions.

Specialists also question the profitability the establishment of a technical control to equip (brake bench, etc.), because each technical control center would have to invest significant sums.

For individuals, the same.

The French Federation of Angry Bikers (FFMC) was quick to express its opposition, calling this type of control " additional tax ‘.

Why a motorbike and scooter technical inspection in Europe

In 2013, in a desire to harmonize automotive rules, Member States addressed the issue of a European technical control.

Finally, it was decided that the motorcycles will be subject to a periodic technical inspection in 2022..

But, specifies the text, a country may not impose compulsory checks on motorcycles provided that it establishes alternative road safety measures.

Some states have already decided to establish a CT.

At the beginning of the 2000’s, seven countries of the European Union impose a motorcycle technical inspection, including the United Kingdom and Italy.

In Germany, it takes 90 euros for a check every two years to obtain the label TuV (Technischer Überwachungs Verein – association for technical control) compulsory on the license plate.

Will there be a real impact on road safety ?

Technical control and accident prevalence do not necessarily go hand in hand for two and three wheels.

The effects of motorcycle technical control on road safety are difficult to assess.

The figures contradict each other. Vehicle-related factors are responsible for 0.7% of road accidents according to the 2004 MAIDS study … They drop to 8% in a study by Dekra, a technical control specialist.

Individuals – especially users angry at this project – highlight that passionate bikers naturally take care of their two-wheelers especially maintenance and especially safety devices such as brakes, condition of tires, lighting, etc..

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