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Rules of the Road

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Appendix 4: Penalty points and fixed charge offences

Page 268

‘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 act in accordance with a Garda signal

Entry by driver into hatched marked area of roadway, for example, carriageway reduction lane

Failure by driver of vehicle to obey traffic rules at railway level crossing, swing bridge or lifting bridge

Driving a vehicle on a motorway against the flow of traffic

Driving on the hard shoulder on a motorway

Driving a vehicle (subject to an ordinary speed limit of 90 km/h or less) on the outside lane on a motorway

Failure to obey requirements at junctions, for example, not being in the correct lane when turning onto another road

Failure to obey requirements regarding reversing of vehicles, for example, reversing from minor road onto main road

Driving on a footpath

Driving on a cycle track

Failure to turn left when entering a roundabout

Failure to stop when so required by a member of the Garda Síochána

Failure by driver of vehicle to yield right of way

Driving without reasonable consideration

Failure to comply with prohibitory traffic signs

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