Penalty Points For From Today

[artscot79]

New offences

The new offences that will now draw penalty points include:

• Failure by learner or novice drivers to display L plates or N plates respectively on their cars;
• Drivers breaking a ban on U-turns;
• Breaking rules on the use of mini roundabouts;
• Offences relating to the size and weight of larger vehicles;
• Going beyond no-entry to vehicles signs;
• Disobeying traffic control signs;
• and driving without a licence plate or with one that has been altered inaccurately.

Offences that will now face a change to the number of penalty points they now carry will include:

• Driving without a test certificate;
• Dangerous parking;
• Failure to keep to the left-hand side of the road;
• Dangerous overtaking;
• Driving across the road’s middle line;
• Failure to stop for a stop sign;
• Failure to yield at a yield sign or yield line;
• Not following traffic signs at junctions;
• Driving through traffic lights;
• and breaking of speed restrictions.

[alexp999]

Good info, any idea what the points are?

[leesheffield]

• Driving through traffic lights;

wow gonna be some gridlocked areas. haha ;)

sorry had to do it lol

[ferretfloozy]

[alexp999]

Looks like this is only for Ireland though?

[madmole]

Yep. No change in UK. Only for Scottish Drinkers who aren't allowed to even sniff near a drink now

[theredfox]

long overdue here they get away with murder regarding motoring laws

paul