Written answers
Wednesday, 1 February 2006
Department of Transport
Road Traffic Offences
9:00 pm
Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 276: To ask the Minister for Transport the full extent of motoring offences to be covered by his proposed extension of the penalty points; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3541/06]
Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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As I announced on 26 January, a major extension of the application of the penalty points system will be introduced in April. The extension will result in the system being applied in respect of 31 new offences, bringing the total to 36. The emphasis of this extension is on offences that relate to driver behaviour which is the greatest single contributory factor in road collisions. A list of the new offences and the level of penalty points to be applied either on conviction or an the payment of a fixed charge, where appropriate, is set out in the following table.
| Road Traffic Act 1961 | Penalty Points | ||
| Section | Description of Offence | On Payment of a Fixed Charge | On Conviction |
| 51A (inserted by section 49 of Act of 1968) | Driving a vehicle without reasonable consideration | 2 | 4 |
| 96 (as amended by section 6 of Act of 1968) | Failure to stop a vehicle for school warden sign | 1 | 4 |
| 109 (as amended by section 6 of Act of 1968) | Failure to stop a vehicle when so required by member of Garda Síochána | 2 | 5 |
| 48 | Driving vehicle when unfit | Not applicable | 3 |
| 55 | Parking vehicle in dangerous position | Not applicable | 5 |
| 106 | Breach of duties on occurrence of accident | Not applicable | 5 |
| Road Traffic (Traffic and Parking) Regulations 1997 (S.I. No. 182 of 1997) | Penalty Points | ||
| Article | Description of Contravention | On Payment of a Fixed Charge | On Conviction |
| 7 | Contravention of general obligation regarding speed | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | Failure by driver of a vehicle to yield right of way | 2 | 4 |
| 10 | Offence by driver of a vehicle relating to Overtaking | 2 | 5 |
| 19 | Driver of a vehicle failing to act in accordance with Garda signal | 1 | 3 |
| 20 | Failure to stop a vehicle before stop sign/stop line | 2 | 4 |
| 21 | Failure of a vehicle to yield right of way at a yield sign/line | 2 | 4 |
| 25 | Crossing continuous white line/ broken white line by a vehicle | 2 | 4 |
| 26 | Entry by a vehicle into hatched marked area of roadway | 1 | 3 |
| 30 | Failure by a vehicle to obey traffic lights | 2 | 5 |
| 31 | Failure by a vehicle to obey traffic lights/ entering yellow box at railway level crossing | 2 | 5 |
| 33 | Contravention of rules relating to driving a vehicle on motorways: sub-article (1) (a) | 2 | 4 |
| 33 | Contravention of rules relating to driving a vehicle on motorways: sub-article (1) (b) | 1 | 3 |
| 33 | Contravention of rules relating to driving a vehicle on motorways: sub-article (1) (d) | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Failure by driver of a mechanically propelled vehicle to drive on the left hand side of the roadway | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Contravention by driver of a vehicle of requirements at junctions | 1 | 3 |
| 12 | Contravention of requirements regarding reversing of vehicles | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | Contravention of restrictions on driving a vehicle on or across footway | 1 | 3 |
| 14(5)(a) (inserted by article 6 of S.I. No. 274 of 1998) | Contravention of restrictions on driving a vehicle on or across cycle track | 1 | 3 |
| 15 | Contravention of requirement to turn a vehicle left onto a roundabout | 1 | 3 |
| 16 | Contravention of prohibition of driving a vehicle along or across median strip | 1 | 3 |
| 22 | Failure of a vehicle to comply with mandatory traffic signs | 1 | 3 |
| 23 | Failure of a vehicle to comply with prohibitory traffic signs | 1 | 3 |
| 24 | Failure by driver of a vehicle to comply with certain mandatory signs | 1 | 3 |
| 27 | Failure by a mechanically propelled vehicle to comply with traffic lane markings | 1 | 3 |
| 28 | Failure by a vehicle to comply with traffic sign signifying that a roadway not be entered | 1 | 3 |
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