MANPOWER-SAVED INSPECTION STATION FOR MOTOR-VEHICLES

THE MOTOR-VEHICLE INSPECTION SYSTEM IN JAPAN IS EXPLAINED AND REASONS GIVEN FOR RESORTING TO AUTOMATIZATION OF TESTING EQUIPMENT, THE MAIN ONE BEING THAT THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES TO BE INSPECTED GROWS FASTER THAN THAT OF AVAILABLE INSPECTORS. THE AUTOMATIZED STATION DESCRIBED HERE IS THE ONE COMPLETED IN 1969 IN KOBE. IT CONSISTS OF THREE BUILDINGS OF WHICH TWO ARE USED FOR NORMAL PERIODICAL INSPECTIONS, WHILST ONLY NEW VEHICLES, UNDERGOING THEIR FIRST INSPECTION, HAVE TO PASS THROUGH THE THIRD. BUILDING NO. 1 IS INTENDED FOR AUTOMATIC TESTING OF FRONT BRAKES, SPEEDOMETER, REAR BRAKES AND WHEEL ALIGNMENT. THE VEHICLE IS DRIVEN BY THE APPLICANT, WHO RECEIVES HIS INSTRUCTIONS BY MEANS OF SIGNALLING BOARDS. INSPECTION RESULTS ARE AUTOMATICALLY RECORDED AND PRINTED ON A CARD ISSUED AT THE END OF EACH INSPECTION LANE. THERE ARE SIX OF THESE AND THE TOTAL CAPACITY OF THE STATION IS 660 VEHICLES A DAY. BUILDING NO. 2 IS ORGANIZED AND EQUIPPED FOR THE REMAINING INSPECTION TASKS. THE SIX LANES FIRST PASS OVER A LARGE INSPECTION PIT FOR THE EXAMINATION OF THE UNDERSIDE OF VEHICLES. AFTER THIS COMES THE TESTING OF LIGHTING EQUIPMENT AND SAFETY DEVICES. THE APPLICANT-DRIVER IS GIVEN HIS INSTRUCTIONS BY VARIOUS MEANS AND, HERE ALSO, RESULTS ARE RECORDED AND PRINTED. BUILDING NO. 3 IS USED FOR ADDITIONAL OPERATIONS IN THE CASE OF A FIRST INSPECTION, WHEN THE VEHICLE HAS TO BE CHECKED AS TO LENGTH, WIDTH, HEIGHT, WEIGHT AND THE ANGLE AT WHICH IT OVERTURNS. /HSL/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • No 41, pp 3.1-14
• Corporate Authors:

  Technical Aspects Road Safety

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• Authors:
  • Kageyama, H
  • TSUCHIYA, T
• Publication Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automation; Inspection; Methodology; Motor vehicles
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00221398
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 13 1971 12:00AM