The Regular Motorcycle Exhaust Inspection System entered into the 17th year in 2013 since its implementation in 1996. The key programs of the year were dedicated to inspection station audit, test equipment management, introduction of e-Billing (electronic Billing) for inspection subsidy, and performance analysis of regular inspection system. The main tasks included inspection, evaluation and appropriation of inspection subsidy, audit and training programs for inspection stations, inspection and accreditation of test equipment, maintenance and expansion of inspection database system, statistical analysis of regular inspection data, etc. In 2013, there were about 7.42 million inspection records that qualified for the subsidy conditions, amounted to about NT$590 million of appropriated funds. Through full-scale screening of inspection photos, the miskeying of license plate number for inspection record had effectively decreased from 0.12% in 2011 to 0.06% in 2013. With the implementation of on-site motorcycle audit through particular screening conditions, there was an effective seizure of inspection stations with misconduct behaviors. The EPB was thus requested to strengthen the supervision. With regard to test equipment management, the maintenance records filling function for prior-inspection had been added to inspection software to complete motorcycle maintenance resumes. The accreditation evaluation standards had also been revised in response to suggestions proposed by inspection committees of standard gas plants. In term of system operation, the appropriation of inspection subsidy had actively been done through the e-Billing manner as to effectively improve the subsidy budget verification speed. With regard to performance analysis of regular inspection system, the scrap rate of disqualified two-stroke motorcycles that did not go for a re-inspection had improved from 46% in 2011 to 59% in 2013. In 2013, for disqualified motorcycles that had done the re-inspection and made improvement, their CO and HC emissions had decreased 8,369 and 1,233 metric tons, respectively. In 2013, a total of 143,561 motorcycles had been eliminated, recycled or scraped due to the inspection system, and that their CO and HC emissions had decreased 1,612 and 676 metric tons, respectively.

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