Your petrol car in Soest was first registered on 1 June 2022. After how many whole years must the FIRST APK take place at the latest?
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Correct answer: 4 jaar
Correct: 4.0 jaar.
WVW 1994 art. 72: periodic inspection (APK)
Periodic inspection (APK) duty: a motor vehicle needs a valid inspection certificate; without a valid APK it may not be driven on the road.
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About Required lighting and the MOT (APK): which statement is correct?
- Besides the owner/keeper, the driver is ALSO liable, as soon as the motor vehicle is actually driven on the road.
- With an expired APK only the person driving the car is liable; the owner who lends the car out is not.
- A fire extinguisher and a first-aid kit are legally required in the car.
- In fog you switch to full beam, because that gives more visibility.
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Correct answer: Besides the owner/keeper, the driver is ALSO liable, as soon as the motor vehicle is actually driven on the road.
Besides the owner/keeper, the driver is ALSO liable, as soon as the motor vehicle is actually driven on the road. Two liable parties at once, not one
Why learners get this wrong: With an expired APK only the person driving the car is liable; the owner who lends the car out is not.
At a garage in Putten there are two passenger cars that turn 5 years old this year: a petrol car and a diesel car. Both passed the APK last year. Which one must be inspected again this year?
- Only the diesel: after 3 years it is inspected every year
- Neither: after the inspection at 4 years the next is at 6 years
- Both: after the first inspection every car must return each year
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Correct answer: Only the diesel: after 3 years it is inspected every year
False — you apply the petrol schedule to the diesel. A car on diesel or gas is first inspected after 3 years and then every year; only petrol and electric have 4 - 6 - 8 years (RDW). (VekaBest p.206 (algemene APK-plicht, §13.2); RDW (LAW-VERIFIED interval-cyclus, geen boekcijfer))
Why learners get this wrong: A diesel or gas car follows the same schedule as petrol/electric: first inspection after 4 years, then after 2 years, then annually.