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Rules of the Road

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Appendix 4: Penalty points and fixed charge offences

Page 266

‘m’ means a mandatory court appearance Fixed charge €

Offences incurring penalty points

Penalty points on payment

Penalty points on conviction

Amount paid in 28 days

Amount paid in next 28 days

Using vehicle not equipped with a speed limitation device or using a vehicle equipped with a speed limitation device not complying with requirements specified in regulations

Proceeding beyond maximum vehicle length sign where length exceeds maximum displayed

Proceeding beyond maximum vehicle width sign where width exceeds maximum displayed

Proceeding beyond maximum design gross vehicle weight (safety) sign where design gross vehicle weight exceeds maximum displayed

Proceeding beyond maximum vehicle axle loading weight sign where vehicle axle loading weight exceeds maximum specified

Using vehicle (car) without test certificate (NCT)

Holding a mobile phone while driving

Dangerous overtaking

Failure to stop a vehicle before stop sign or stop line

Failure to yield right of way at a yield sign or yield line

Crossing continuous white line

Failure by vehicle to obey traffic lights

Failure to drive on the left hand side of the road

Contravention of prohibition of driving vehicle along or across median strip (the boundary between two carriageways)

Extracted from the RSA Rules of the Road, Revision 9, May 2026. Source PDF · reuse permission unconfirmed.