This year was the 16th year of regular motorcycle exhaust inspection system since it started in 1996. This year’s key programs were in amending the “Management Rules of Inspection Stations”, analysis of reasons for reduced failure rate of regular inspections, on-site audit of standard gas factories, and performance analysis of regular inspection system. The main tasks of the program included review and appropriation of subsidy funds for inspection, auditing management and training for the inspection station, certification of test equipment, maintenance and expansion of the inspection database system, and statistical analysis of regular inspection data. In 2012, there were 7.14 million inspection records that qualified for the subsidy conditions, totaling NT$570 million allocated in subsidy. Through full-scale screening of inspection photos, the miskeying of license plate number for inspection record reduced from 0.14% to 0.05%. Regarding inspection station management, through on-site motorcycle audit of 50 stations and screening of video monitor records from 5 stations, the actual problems of execution at the inspection stations were verified to serve as reference for management and control strategy discussions and amendments. The on-site audit of standard gas factories, which was held for the first time in this annual plan, ensured the uniformity of quality control of factory manufactured products with the application documents. The improvement recommendations presented from the commissioner, which will serve as reference for amendment of certification standards. In terms of system operations, in addition to maintenance work on the system, a software quality indicator platform was set up. It utilized various records uploaded from the inspection stations to continue monitoring software quality. In compliance with the “Personal Information Protection Act”, the system access for the vehicle's registration information and the inquiry authority and interface were also adjusted accordingly. In terms of pollution reduction performance, other than improvement on reduced amount of inspection failed vehicles those passed the recheck, the elimination of 2 stroke motorcycles and recycled vehicles that were unable to pass regular inspection or roadside inspection were also collected. In 2012, because of improvement on recheck, the amount of CO and HC has reduced 8,212 and 1,280 metric tons respectively. In the last 2 years, the reduction in CO and HC from 440,996 vehicles, which included elimination of 2 stroke motorcycles, recycling or junking motorcycles, were 4,781 and 1,972 metric tons respectively.

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