Economic and Legal Principles of Technical Control of Motor Vehicles

This scientific article is devoted to the study and definition of technical control of motor vehicles, with an emphasis on it as an independent specific legal definition and special features. Control is a mandatory procedure for some areas of management, and the transport sector is the most important sector that meets the needs of the population and businesses in transportation, including road transport. In general, the sphere of management is characterized by supervisory and control actions carried out by authorized persons, including public authorities and local governments in order to comply with legislation on standards, quality, compliance, etc. The objects of these actions may be vehicles, including cars, their units, mechanisms, and the procedure is called technical control. It is through technical control that road transport is maintained in good condition and subject to safe use. The economic and legal principles of technical control are that it is carried out in respect of motor vehicles used by economic entities for its implementation and maintenance. Due to the positive conclusions of the technical control, the business entity can carry out transportation, operate a vehicle of proper quality in terms of its technical and technological characteristics. Technical control carried out by specially authorized state bodies is a means of state regulation, the purpose of which is to detect and prevent qualitative and technical violations of the vehicle, which are detected by periodic inspections and documented. Technical control can be mandatory and optional, apply to various types of road transport, be permanent and periodic. Permanent is carried out on a corporate basis, ie before each operation of the vehicle by a specially authorized person of the business entity with mandatory documentation. The prospect of developing technical control is its implementation through the widespread use of the latest modern information and digital technologies that save time and human resources. These technologies allow for technical control with high quality in accordance with current international standards and regulations. This requires constant monitoring of international standards and regulations, in order to further amend the current domestic transport legislation, in particular on road transport, the Laws of Ukraine “On Road Transport”, “On Road Traffic”, “On National Police”, etc.