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原文传递 SAVING GRACE

题名：	SAVING GRACE
正文语种：	eng
摘要：	According to DVSA statistics, in the three months from October to December 2021, 38.25% of Class 7 (3-3.5 tonne) light commercial vehicle MOTs resulted in a first-time failure. That is nearly 264,000 vans, or around 88,000 heavy LCVs, each month. Perhaps more worryingly, 11.54% of those vehicles failed their test with at least one dangerous item: 16.21% of that total were for problems with brakes, 21.46% for lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment, 11.79% for suspension and 6.59% of the failures related to body, chassis and structure. Unfortunately, this is nothing new. In the three months from July to September 2021, 37.24% heavy vans failed at the first attempt, 11.12% with at least one dangerous item. Yet, when seen historically, these figures are actually an improvement. In research last year by Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, almost half of larger LCVs (45%) failed their MOT, while around one third of lighter vans didn't manage to pass first time. That compares poorly with the heavy truck market, which had an initial failure rate of around 14% at non-DVSA centres and closer to 25% at DVSA-run facilities, during the same quarterly periods last year. There are a number of reasons for this comparative discrepancy in pass rates. Heavy goods vehicles have an annual examination from their first year of registration, while vans, like passenger cars, wait until their third year on the road before being submitted for a first annual MOT. Trucks also undergo six-weekly inspections, while vans do not.
出版年：	2022
期刊名称：	Transport engineer
期：	Jun.
页码：	30-32