Road Traffic Offences and Penalties

Many offences carry penalty points or immediate disqualification from driving, as well as fines and in some cases custodial sentences but even those that do not can affect the holding of a driver’s vocational entitlement and an operator’s O-licence.

This topic deals with moving traffic those offences: those that can be committed as a driver or whilst driving and the penalties that can be imposed in such instances. Offences involving stationary vehicles, such as parking and waiting are covered in the topic Parking, Loading and Unloading.