Hanoi: 59% of motorcycles do not meet emission standards

According to the survey, 97% of vehicle owners believe that the quality of motorbikes in use is normal and good, very good. But in fact, up to 59% of vehicles do not meet emission standards.

This is the result of the "Motorbike Test " Test Program organized by the Hanoi Department of Natural Resources and Environment in coordination with the Vietnam - Switzerland Clean Air Program and the World Bank today (24 / 5). The car inspection program held in November 2006 checked about 1,675 vehicles. The results show: most cars tr

The problem is how to expand this activity for 2 million motorbikes circulating on Hanoi roads?(Photo: Diem Ha)

Ho Chi Minh City is a 4-period vehicle (accounting for 80% of total vehicles); The number of computers per capita is quite high, approximately 2 people / car;

Because it is the main means of the people, on average each person goes from 2-4 times / day with an average total of about 7,250km / year. According to the information collected from the Program, the average speed in urban areas of motorbikes is from 15-30km / hour and the maximum speed is 40-50km / hour.

The total number of vehicles meeting emission standards is 41%, including all vehicles including domestic and imported cars.

According to the Organizing Committee, the cause of the cars not meeting the standards because some vehicles have been used for too long; the roadmap to apply emission standards to newly-applied new and imported motorcycles (July 1, 2007), some older models may not meet the standards;

The next cause, fuel standards are still low and not strictly controlled; occasional or improper maintenance.

Mr. William DO Parteson, representative of the World Bank (World Bank), said that the Air Quality Management Program - including the recently completed pilot car inspection program will be supported by the WB through the transport development project. urban Hanoi.The project will be submitted to the World Bank board in June 2007.

Accordingly, attention will be paid to reducing the number of personal vehicles in general and motorcycles in particular through the construction of two fast bus routes (BRT) and the ring road 2 Nhat Tan - Cau Giay.

On this occasion, there are more than 50 vehicles participating in full maintenance and also results: if well maintained, the exhaust gas concentration can be reduced by 15-30% depending on the condition of the vehicle parts. After maintenance, there were 19 more motorcycles that met the emission standards on a total of 38 vehicles that did not meet the standard before maintenance.

Leaders of the Department of Natural Resources and Environment of Hanoi said that this is only the initial result, the maintenance and inspection activities should continue to be implemented and implemented regularly to create a habit of maintaining the vehicles of users, improving air quality TP, step by step implementing the roadmap to apply motorcycle emission standards.

Regarding environmental awareness in general of vehicle owners, 90% said that TP air environment is being polluted; 98.5% said that air pollution affects human health; 97.4% said motorbike emissions contribute to air pollution .

Most vehicle owners are also ready to apply motorbike emission control technology (96%) if they are supported with some funding. However, 68% agreed with the ban on circulation of used motorcycles for more than 10 years in Hanoi.

Kieu Minh