New Laws

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From 27th June

Unbelted child or appropriate child restraint: 3 penalty points, max £500 fine

Driving unbelted: 3 points, max £500 fine

Lifting mobile phone/map reading/applying make up while driving: 3 points, max £1000 fine

Lifting mobile phone while driving bus/coach etc: 3 points, max £2500 fine

Exceeding Temporary speed limit: 3-6 points, max £1000 fine

Careless driving: 3-9 points, max £5000 fine

Using a vehicle in dangerous condition (eg bad tyres): Disqualified for at least 6 months (if similar offence in previous 3 years)

Big push on this.
No doubt there will be some points given out in the 1st few months of it

[pintsofguinness]

Lifting mobile phone/map reading/applying make up while driving: 3 points, max £1000 fine

Excellent!

[Fiodoir Ard Mhacha]

Drivers disqualified from driving in the north of Ireland and Britain will automatically be banned in Ireland from next April.

The new initiative was agreed at last week's British-Irish Council meeting.

A reciprocal penalty points system is also in the pipeline, but will not be introduced until later in 2008.

One-sixth of drivers caught speeding in the Republic last year escaped penalty points because they were registered in the north.

Drivers across Britain and Ireland all require 12 penalty points before they are disqualified.

Points are awarded for everything from speeding to using a mobile phone while driving.

Despite this similarity, different points are allocated for the same offences in some instances.