Roadworthiness

Roadworthiness[1] or streetworthiness is a property or ability of a car, bus, truck or any kind of automobile to be in a suitable operating condition or meeting acceptable standards for safe driving and transport of people, baggage or cargo in roads or streets, being therefore street-legal.

In Europe, roadworthy inspection is regulated by:

  • Directive 2014/45/EU, on periodic roadworthiness tests for motor vehicles and their trailers,[2]
  • Directive 2014/46/EU, on the registration documents for vehicles,[3]
  • Directive 2014/47/EU, on the technical roadside inspection of the roadworthiness of commercial vehicles.[4][5]
  1. ^ Guide to maintaining roadworthiness. Commercial goods and passenger vehicles. PDF file available on the site of BusinessLink, United Kingdom Government. (visited on March 08, 2011)
  2. ^ Directive 2014/45/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 April 2014 on periodic roadworthiness tests for motor vehicles and their trailers and repealing Directive 2009/40/EC Text with EEA relevance
  3. ^ Directive 2014/46/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 April 2014 amending Council Directive 1999/37/EC on the registration documents for vehicles
  4. ^ Directive 2014/47/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 April 2014 on the technical roadside inspection of the roadworthiness of commercial vehicles circulating in the Union and repealing Directive 2000/30/EC
  5. ^ "Common Types of Towing Services". Retrieved 2023-12-20.