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Appendix 4: Penalty points and fixed charge offences

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‘m’ means a mandatory court appearance Fixed charge €

Offences incurring penalty points

Penalty points on conviction

Penalty points on payment

Amount paid in 28 days

Amount paid in next 28 days

Failure to comply with keep left or keep right signs

Failure to comply with traffic lane markings

Illegal entry onto a one-way street

Driving a vehicle when unfit m Court fine

Breach of duties at an accident m Court fine

Driving without insurance m Court fine

Dangerous overtaking of a cyclist or electric scooter user

Not wearing safety belt or appropriate child restraint in specified category of vehicle

Using vehicle – (a) whose weight un-laden exceeds maximum permitted weight, (b) whose weight laden exceeds maximum permitted weight, or (c) any part of which transmits to ground greater weight than maximum permitted weight

Driver found to be driving carelessly m Court fine disqualified disqualified

Drink driving offences (in all cases where the BAC is between 50 mg and 80 mg of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood) disqualified disqualified

Drink driving offences (learner/novice/professional driver where the BAC is between 20 mg and 80 mg of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood)

Drink driving offenses (non-learner, non-novice, non-professional driver where the BAC is between 80 mg and 100 mg of alcohol per 100ml of blood) disqualified disqualified

12 penalty points = Automatic Disqualification 7 penalty points = Automatic Disqualification, where the person was first issued with a learner permit on or after 1 August 2014, during the period the person drives under a learner permit and during the first two years while the person drives under a first full driving licence

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