New offences
The new offences that will now draw penalty points include:
Failure by learner or novice drivers to display L plates or N plates respectively on their cars;
Drivers breaking a ban on U-turns;
Breaking rules on the use of mini roundabouts;
Offences relating to the size and weight of larger vehicles;
Going beyond no-entry to vehicles signs;
Disobeying traffic control signs;
and driving without a licence plate or with one that has been altered inaccurately.
Offences that will now face a change to the number of penalty points they now carry will include:
Driving without a test certificate;
Dangerous parking;
Failure to keep to the left-hand side of the road;
Dangerous overtaking;
Driving across the road’s middle line;
Failure to stop for a stop sign;
Failure to yield at a yield sign or yield line;
Not following traffic signs at junctions;
Breaking traffic light rules;
and breaking of speed restrictions.
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