COSTA RICA NEWS — Three times the current cost, that is what the vehicular inspection service, Riteve, is looking for. However, like every year, it is unlikely it will get it.
The company argues it has not had a rate increase in the last ten years, yet its costs have increased. Jennifer Hidalgo, spokesperson for Riteve, said the request was made before November 15, a practice it has been carrying out for some years. And every year it is denied.
“It is good business to apply every year,” said Hidalgo, in explaining the November 15 date is to allow the 45 day review period for new rates, if approved, to take effect on January 1.
In this year’s request to the Autoridad Reguladora de los Servicios Públicos (Aresep), Riteve SyC is asking for a 202% increase in the rate for vehicle inspections.
If approved, the current rate of ¢9.930 colones for a light passenger vehicle would jump to ¢30.030 colones.
Carolina Mora, spokesperson for the Aresep, said the request is in the “admissibility” stage.
Mora explained that there is a “contractual relationship” between Riteve and the Ministry of Transport (MOPT) that establishes the rate methodology. By addendum, signed years later, the MOPT is to publish the methodology.
“For the Aresep to approve rates it needs a clear understanding of the methodology used for the calculations, which is not available,” said Mora.
Source: CRHoy.com
Here we go again, another RATE HIKE, more expensive things for Costa Rica…..Well, this might work…..go with the rate hike BUT on car models, for example 2008 and up, give them a riteve sticker good for, say 2 or 3 years, instead of every year. Things on the later cars don’t go wrong as much as older cars. Same for motos.
The bigger problem is that there is no data that indicates that inspections like Riteve do any good – have any effect on accidents. Almost All accidents are “driver fault”. If they just want to do emissions checks, they can do them in about one minute like they do in Seattle for $5.
There has always been some suspicion that Riteve was the “brain child” of just someone trying to make a bunch of money on the backs of poor Ticos. I understand the our Riteve came from Spain – this is what they do in Spain
“All new cars are tested when they reach four
years of age and after that they should be tested every two years until
they are ten years old.
It didn’t come from Spain, it is a private Spanish company that handles the inspections. The whole thing should be abolished. It is just not an appropriate model for a nearly 3rd world country and does little if anything to make the roads safer.
it does not work just like in Florida they close them down I see cars with broken or no lights no brake light,bad tires its only for us who really cares about our and others,$60.00 is way too much,are they going to serve “Gallo Pinto with that?
Yes, Gallo Pinto will be served along with a big helping of chorizo