Safety chiefs urged to overhaul NCT by bereaved mother

A mother whose daughter died while driving a defective car has pleaded with road safety chiefs to overhaul the NCT system.

Paula Murphy from Cork presented a petition — signed by 6,000 people supporting her calls for a raft of changes and improvements to the car test system — to the Road Safety Authority in Mayo yesterday. The RSA oversees the NCT system.

“I am doing this for my daughter Amanda. If nothing is done, if there are no changes, I fear that more people could die like Amanda,” said Ms Murphy.