Concerning the Automobile Inspection and Readjustment Program

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Quantitative Estimate of CO2 Emission Reduction from Reuse of Automobile Parts in Japan

In general, reusing automobile parts reduces not only the cost of replacing the failed parts but also the environmental load of manufacturing new parts. However, these effects have not yet been quantified. The present study focuses on determining the emitted CO2 during production and quantitatively evaluating its reduction by the reuse of automobile parts. First, CO2 emissions are calculated during the reused parts production process at the factory site. Thirty-nine automobiles from 27 models prepared in Japan are examined to measure the amount of CO2 emitted in the production of new parts. Furthermore, the CO2 emission reduction effect for different automobile models is estimated through multiple regression analysis. The CO2 emissions are assumed to be the objective variable, whereas the explanatory variables are derived from the data provided in the automobile inspection certificates. The presented quantitative estimate of CO2 emission reduction owing to the exploitation of reused parts is expected to promote policies for further reducing CO2 emissions and arouse public awareness regarding the benefits of recycling automobile parts

Comparative characteristics of vehicles technical control undertaking in different countries

Relevance of the research of vehicles technical inspection procedure is determined by constant change and reorganization of the State Automobile Inspectorate, amendments to the Law of Ukraine "Traffic On", the Law of Ukraine "On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine on elimination of excessive government regulation of road transport". So, the aim of the mandatory technical inspection is to simplify the life of citizens, but under discussion is the problem of choice: to use the present general technical control of vehicles, or to reform it to a harder form of control

Comparative characteristics of vehicles technical control undertaking in different countries

Relevance of the research of vehicles technical inspection procedure is determined by constant change and reorganization of the State Automobile Inspectorate, amendments to the Law of Ukraine "Traffic On", the Law of Ukraine "On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine on elimination of excessive government regulation of road transport". So, the aim of the mandatory technical inspection is to simplify the life of citizens, but under discussion is the problem of choice: to use the present general technical control of vehicles, or to reform it to a harder form of control

Analysis of vibration and acoustic signals for noncontact measurement of engine rotation speed

The non-contact measurement of engine speed can be realized by analyzing engine vibration frequency. However, the vibration signal is distorted by harmonics and noise in the measurement. This paper presents a novel method for the measurement of engine rotation speed by using the cross-correlation of vibration and acoustic signals. This method can enhance the same frequency components in engine vibration and acoustic signal. After cross-correlation processing, the energy centrobaric correction method is applied to estimate the accurate frequency of the engine's vibration. This method can be implemented with a low-cost embedded system estimating the cross-correlation. Test results showed that this method outperformed the traditional vibration-based measurement method.Web of Science203art. no. 68

Concerning Compliance With the Automobile Inspection and Readjustment Program

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Automobile Safety Inspections and Enforcing Norms: Case Study of Japan Using Panel Data

This paper explores, using panel data of Japan, whether automobile inspections help to reduce accidents. Two innovations introduced by this paper are the control of endogeneity by the 2sls fixed effects model and the taking into account of norm enforcement in order to control the omitted variable bias. We found through this estimation that automobile inspections and the enforcing of social norms play a critical role in reducing fatalities but not non-fatal accidents.Safety Inspections, traffic addidents, Norms

Policy for better Air Quality in Asia: Proposal for a Policy Evaluation Method for four ASEAN Countries.

Four ASEAN countries Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand are facing major air pollution problems due to rapid economic growth, urbanization and motorization. Mortality and respiratory diseases caused by air pollution are believed to be endemic in cities of these countries. Regulations and standards are the first requirement for reducing emissions from both fixed and mobile sources. In order to reduce vehicle emissions, governments of the four countries are making efforts to introduce vehicle emission regulations for new vehicles. This paper attempts to estimate the 2015 car stock by emission regulation levels from past trends. Considering these car stock results, this paper emphasizes monitoring problems such as vehicle registration systems, inspection and maintenance (I/M) systems and fuel quality monitoring systems for vehicles in use. Monitoring problems in developing countries share similar characteristics such as a weakness in government initiatives and inadequate operation of government agencies, which results from a lack of human resources and analysis of facilities. Finally, this paper proposes a method to assure air quality improvement under the different shares of emission regulations in these four ASEAN countries and introduces an example of an evaluation method based on a policy survey to improve air quality.Asia, Air Pollution, Environment and Development, Transportation, Regulatory Policies