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Written by Geoff Jones & Yvonne Ferrier
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Friday, 05 June 2009 |
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Updated May 2011
ITV “Inspección Técnica de Vehiculós” is the equivalent of an MOT in England. All cars older than four years are required to have an ITV inspection every two years. Once it is over 10 years old an ITV will be needed annually. These rules apply to standard, private use vehicles only.
Some vehicles such as the Citroen Berlingo, Renault Kangoo and Hyundai H1 are treated as semi commercial and require a first test at 2 years of age. Check your Ficha Técnica document for more information.
See the MIR website for more information on other classes of vehicle.
The nearest ITV station to Chiclana is on the same Industrial Estate as Leroy Merlin and Media Markt at Puerto Real.
Poligono Industrial Tres Caminos 10 - 15
11510 Puerto Real
956 202 135
For appointments: www.itvcita.com or 902-575 757
E-mail:
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More information at http://www.veiasa.es
There is another one in San Fernando where you can book appointments online. http://www.itvcita.com The information in this article refers to the ITV station in Puerto Real.
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Written by Bob Lloyd
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Monday, 18 May 2009 |
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Written by Bob Lloyd This is our experience of exchanging our UK driving licences for the Spanish version at Trafico in Cadiz. We found the procedure easy but as normal in Spain you do need to be prepared with lots of bits of paper.
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Written by Yvonne Ferrier
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Monday, 27 April 2009 |
From motorterra.es Translated by Andrew brown Since last October new legislation does away with the requirement to always have with you proof of payment of a current insurance policy. This is thanks to the principle that no-one is obliged to produce to the authorities any document which can be found in public records, and the obligation to check if a vehicle is insured falls upon the authorities. This has received little publicity and may come as a surprise. It appears that DGT is not happy to publicise it and the press release that announced it was mainly to do with the penalties for driving without insurance and other offences. It seems that DGT still recommends keeping insurance documents with your other papers such as your driving licence and the car registration documents which do have to be produced upon request. It may no longer be an offence not to have proof of insurance actually in your car but for the time being it may still be sensible to do so. http://motor.terra.es
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Written by Yvonne Ferrier
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Monday, 27 April 2009 |
From Motociclismo News tranlated by Andrew BrownIn a few weeks, driving in excess of the speed limit of 120 km/hr on motorways will make you liable to a fine of 100 euros. Changes to Road Traffic laws which are going through the Congress of Deputies will do away with the current practice of permitting speeds of up to 133km/hr without penalty.
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Written by Dave Fisher
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Sunday, 15 March 2009 |
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Written by Dave Fisher I have been asked to clarify the current situation for British driving licences; Firstly, there are several (legal in England) driving licences; the old paper licence, the first style of plastic licence, and the new European style licence. So let me first state; you are not in the UK! You are in Spain and therefore come under Spanish laws; the DVLA has no authority in Spain and can not answer questions as to the laws of Spain; Spain does not have to adopt EU driving licence regulations until (currently) 13th January 2013.
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