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3/2/2010
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SAO PAULO - The rate of reimbursement of vehicle inspection last year should start in March. According to the Secretary of the Green and the Environment of São Paulo, 152.529 requests were made to return over the past year.
Of this total, 49% (74,748) have received back the rate of R$ 52,73 on the survey of 2009. The rest must receive the return from March. The interruption of payment, according to the organ, due to the closure of the budget 2009 and early 2010.
As reported by the secretariat, through a spokesperson, who managed to do the survey until the last 30 days, for the year 2009, may request a refund, unlike those who submit themselves to inspection this year. In addition to bearing a higher rate of R$ 56,44, drivers will no longer have the money paid returned.
Fines
Of those who did not perform the inspection last year, 241 owners were fined during the 58 blitz held between August and December 2009. These drivers were caught walking with the vehicle without having passed the inspection and, for that reason, bore a fine of R$ 550.
The Department estimates that up to the last 31 days, 82% of the fleet expected to perform the inspection last year - the entire diesel fleet of motorcycles and cars registered between 2003 and 2008 - carried out the inspection - that is, approximately 1,567 million of the 1,9 million expected.
Disapproved in 2009
Considering only the vehicles inspected until December, the Department estimates that 4.8% of passenger cars have failed in first inspection. Even returning to put the survey, a portion of 0.5% still failed.
In the motorcycle section, the average failure rate in the first visit to the centers stood at 14.3%. In a second inspection, 2.5% did not pass the criteria pollutant emission of City Hall.
Whereas the light vehicles, the highest failure rate was with the diesel. The first visit, 33.1% disapproved. When they returned, 8% had not solved the problem.
Source: Portal InfoMoney
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