The authorities imposed restrictions on the licences of 155 cars which were not submitted for emission tests after reports made by SMS over the past 22 months. Another 38 cars failed the test.
Transport Minister Joe Mizzi told Marthese Portelli (PN) in reply to a parliamentary question that 22,183 SMS emissions reports were received by Transport Malta between March 9, 2013 and January 21 this year.
TM issued 681 notifications for cars to be submitted for emission testing, including second notifications.
155 licence restrictions were imposed on cars which were not submitted for the test while 38 cars failed the test.