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High failures rates during car-testing!
2001-05-04 - By Philip Byrne
Almost four in every five cars failed their tests on the first day of compulsory national car inspections yesterday, according to preliminary figures.
Faulty brakes and sub-standard emissions emerged as among the leading reasons for failure from several of the main testing centres in the State. Some 300 cars aged nine and older underwent the 57-point inspection in 43 testing centres yesterday, the first day of the compulsory national car test. The failure rate varied from 85 per cent in Cork to 50 per cent in Galway and 68 per cent in the Dublin testing centre in Fonthill.
The National Car Testing Service said last night the preliminary national failure rate of 60 to 80 per cent was in keeping with its expectations. "That's what we would have expected from our pilot tests," said NCTS's general manger, Mr Richard Hoque. "What tends to happen is that car stocks rapidly improve as the defects are corrected and the failure rate goes down gradually." He predicted the failure rate would drop next year when cars aged between eight and four become eligible for testing under the phased-in scheme.
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