More than half the vehicles, mostly commercial, that were pulled to the side of the road in the past year for a technical inspection failed the roadworthiness test.

According to Transport Malta data, 1,178 vehicles failed out of the 2,209 roadside inspections carried out between June last year and June this year.

A total of 427 were slapped with a fine.

These technical inspections are intended to ensure owners maintain their vehicles in a roadworthy condition at all times.

Most of the inspections focused on commercial vehicles, as these were much more prone to major faults, but private vehicles with evident faults were also stopped and inspected, a spokeswoman said.

Read more in the Times of Malta.

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