The new system allows to a driver to accumulate 12 point's over 3 year's. Accumulate 12 point's - 6 month Driving ban.
| Title
of Offence |
Penalty
Points on Payment of Fixed Charge |
Penalty
Points on Court Conviction |
Fixed
Charge |
| Amount paid in 28 days
|
Amount paid
in next 28 days |
| Speeding (introduced 31 Oct 2002) |
2 |
4 |
€80 |
€120 |
| Driving without Insurance (introduced 1 June 2003) |
M |
5 |
Court Fine |
| Failure by Driver to comply with front seat belt
requirements |
2 |
4 |
€60 |
€90 |
| Driver permitting passenger to occupy rear seat
without wearing a seatbelt (under 17) or appropriate child restraint
(introduced 25 August 2003) |
2 |
4 |
€60 |
€90 |
| Driver found to be driving carelessly (introduced
4 June 2004) |
M |
5 |
Court Fine |
| Using mobile phone while driving |
2 |
4 |
€60 |
€90 |
| Dangerous overtaking |
2 |
5 |
€80 |
€120 |
| Failure to act in accordance with a Garda signal |
1 |
3 |
€80 |
€120 |
| Failure to stop a vehicle before stop sign/ stop
line |
2 |
4 |
€80 |
€120 |
| Failure to yield right of way at a yield sign/
yield line |
2 |
4 |
€80 |
€120 |
| Crossing continuous white line |
2 |
4 |
€80 |
€120 |
| Entry by driver into hatched marked area of roadway,
e.g. carriageway reduction lane |
1 |
3 |
€80 |
€120 |
| Failure to obey traffic lights |
2 |
5 |
€80 |
€120 |
| Failure to obey traffic rules at railway level crossing |
2 |
5 |
€80 |
€120 |
| Driving a vehicle on a motorway against the flow
of traffic |
2 |
4 |
€80 |
€120 |
| Driving on the hard shoulder on a motorway |
1 |
3 |
€80 |
€120 |
| Driving a HGV or bus on the outside lane on a motorway |
1 |
3 |
€80 |
€120 |
| Failure to drive on the left hand side of the road |
1 |
3 |
€60 |
€90 |
| Failure to obey requirements at junctions, e.g.
not being in the correct lane when turning onto another road |
1 |
3 |
€60 |
€90 |
| Failure to obey requirements regarding reversing
of vehicles, e.g. reversing from minor road onto main road |
1 |
3 |
€60 |
€90 |
| Driving on a footpath |
1 |
3 |
€60 |
€90 |
| Driving on a cycle track |
1 |
3 |
€60 |
€90 |
| Failure to turn left when entering a roundabout
|
1 |
3 |
€60 |
€90 |
| Driving on a median strip, e.g. boundary between
two carriageways |
1 |
3 |
€60 |
€90 |
| Failure to stop for a school warden sign |
1 |
4 |
€80 |
€120 |
| Failure to stop when so required by a member of
the Garda Siochana |
2 |
5 |
€80 |
€120 |
| Failure to leave appropriate distance between you
and the vehicle in front |
2 |
4 |
€80 |
€120 |
| Failure to yield |
2 |
4 |
€80 |
€120 |
| Driving without reasonable consideration |
2 |
4 |
€80 |
€120 |
| Failure to comply with mandatory traffic signs
at junctions |
1 |
3 |
€60 |
€90 |
| Failure to comply with prohibitory traffic signs |
1 |
3 |
€60 |
€90 |
| Failure to comply with keep left/keep right signs |
1 |
3 |
€60 |
€90 |
| Failure to comply with traffic lane markings |
1 |
3 |
€60 |
€90 |
| Illegal entry onto a one-way street |
1 |
3 |
€60 |
€90 |
| Driving a vehicle when unfit |
M |
3 |
Court Fine |
| Parking a vehicle in a dangerous position |
M |
5 |
Court Fine |
| Breach of duties at an accident |
M |
5 |
Court Fine |
