Hello together, the EU came up with a great idea again. The EU Commission wants to have the main investigation carried out jubilantly! I have filed a petition against it, because it does not make any sense in my opinion. We already have a super TÜV here and every two years should be enough. I would be happy if many would sign the petition to prevent this nonsense. Thank you. Many greetings P.S.: I hope this “political” post violates no forums- Rules. Here is the extract from the petition: Quote: The EU Commission wants to present a regulation at the beginning of July, which prescribes an annual TÜV investigation for cars when they are seven years or older. So far, such an investigation was only due every two years. The date of entry into force of a new regulation is still uncertain. According to the report, the EU aims to standardise the testing practice in its Member States by 2015.” The German TÜV and its high quality “The ADAC considers that shorter test intervals for older cars are unnecessary. There is no investigation that clearly proves that a higher vehicle age also means a higher risk of accidents.” This makes it impossible for the German citizens to see any added value by shortening the test intervals. There are even horrifying costs, which mainly affect German citizens, because these are: “The average age of a German car is 8.5 years according to the Focus. The automobile club ADAC calculates with additional costs of a total of well over one billion euros, which could be paid per year to German vehicle owners. Above all, socially weak population groups would be affected, since they usually have older cars” If the EU Commission wants to standardise the inspections, then it can take over the German regulations and the German regulations. It is not clear why the test interval is to be reduced to one year in Germany, especially when one considers that the TÜV carries out the most thorough inspections. An entry into force of this regulation would imply that the TÜV has not thoroughly tested the cars in the past. However, the past decades have shown that the TÜV inspections are sufficient and the current regulations the traffic safety garan animals.