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Rules of the Road

RSA handbook · 292 pages · 271 embedded images

Appendix 4: Penalty points and fixed charge offences

Page 267

‘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

Failure to stop for school warden sign

Failure to leave appropriate distance between you and the vehicle in front

Failure to comply with mandatory traffic signs at junctions

Parking a vehicle in a dangerous position

Speeding

Driver of car or goods vehicle not wearing safety belt

Failure by driver to comply with rear seat belt requirements for passengers under 17 years of age

Driver of car or goods vehicle permitting child under 3 years of age to travel in it without being restrained by appropriate child restraint

Driver of car or goods vehicle permitting child over 3 years of age to travel in it without being restrained by appropriate child restraint

Driver of car or goods vehicle permitting child to be restrained by rearward facing child restraint fitted to a seat protected by active frontal air-bag

Driver of bus not wearing safety belt

Driving vehicle before remedying dangerous defect m Court fine

Driving dangerously defective vehicle m Court fine

Using commercial vehicle without certificate of roadworthiness m Court fine

Bridge strikes, and so on m Court fine

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