When should you conduct a periodic technical check-up of a passenger car?

In the photo you can see a vehicle inspection station: a maroon estate car is standing on the test lane, with measuring equipment next to it. You have the periodic technical inspection of a passenger car carried out before the deadline entered in the vehicle registration certificate - answer C. Fixed periods of every 3 years (A) or every 2 years (B) are wrong, because how often inspections take place changes with the age of the car.

The Road Traffic Act states that the periodic technical inspection of a passenger car is carried out before 3 years have passed from the first registration, then before 5 years have passed from the first registration and no later than 2 years after the previous inspection, and after that every year; the date of the next inspection is entered in the vehicle registration certificate by the registration authority, and after each inspection by the vehicle inspector. For cars with an LPG system and for taxis the inspection is every year from the start. For driving with an expired inspection the law provides for a fine (ticket) and retention of the vehicle registration certificate, so it is worth saving the date in your phone.

Legal basis: Art. 81 para. 6 and Art. 82 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)