jack_christie
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Only five EU Member States do obligatory suspension testing when doing annual or biannual car test.
They are Belgium, Greece, France, Portugal and Ireland.
Germany and Slovak Republic do non obligatory suspension testing.
A couple of years an Irish 1995 Mazda 121 was in fatal crash.
Technical inspection of the car revealed that there was no oil in both rear shocks and was likely to have passed the National Car Test safety check in such a condition!
Very sad tragedy.
Definitely an area that more countries need to test.
TRL report below is good technical overview of suspension testing.
National Car Test
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Car_Test
Transport Research laboratory (TRL) report
https://www.rsa.ie/Documents/Press Office/TRL Report.pdf
NCT Technical Facts
https://www.rsa.ie/Documents/Press Office/NCT -Technical Facts Supplied to RTE's Prime Time.pdf
Pass/Fail rates at NCTS
https://www.rsa.ie/Documents/Press Office/Note regarding the variances in Pass and fail rates at NCTS.pdf
They are Belgium, Greece, France, Portugal and Ireland.
Germany and Slovak Republic do non obligatory suspension testing.
A couple of years an Irish 1995 Mazda 121 was in fatal crash.
Technical inspection of the car revealed that there was no oil in both rear shocks and was likely to have passed the National Car Test safety check in such a condition!
Very sad tragedy.
Definitely an area that more countries need to test.
TRL report below is good technical overview of suspension testing.
https://www.irishexaminer.com/break...told-to-trial-new-suspension-test-973764.htmlNCT operator told to trial new suspension test
Road safety chiefs have directed the NCT operator to trial a new vehicle suspension test after a grieving mother’s campaign exposed potentially deadly flaws in the system.
Road Safety Authority (RSA) has required NCT contractor Applus, in conjunction with its equipment supplier, to develop a “new suspension tester”, to trial it through a large-scale pilot project, and assess it by June 2021.
https://www.rsa.ie/en/Utility/News/News-2016/Irelands-NCT-is-Completely-Reliable/Ireland’s NCT is Completely Reliable
National Car Test
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Car_Test
Transport Research laboratory (TRL) report
https://www.rsa.ie/Documents/Press Office/TRL Report.pdf
NCT Technical Facts
https://www.rsa.ie/Documents/Press Office/NCT -Technical Facts Supplied to RTE's Prime Time.pdf
Pass/Fail rates at NCTS
https://www.rsa.ie/Documents/Press Office/Note regarding the variances in Pass and fail rates at NCTS.pdf