Over half of cars fail NCT

Some 2,646 cars tested in the first six months of this year were declared by NCT inspectors as "dangerously unroadworthy".

And it emerged more cars failed than passed in that period.

NCT service operator Applus examined 754,192 vehicles between January and June. It is estimated testing figures, for the first time, will top 1.5m this year. So far this year, 381,822 cars — 50.6% — initially failed the test.