Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 11 June 2013
1081. Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline the rules concerning the ban on heavy goods vehicles on certain roads; and the number of penalty points a driver breaking these rules can receive. [26814/13]
View answerArticle 17 of the Road Traffic (Traffic and Parking) Regulations, 1997 (S.I. No. 182 of 1997) provides that where traffic sign number RUS 015 (ban on HGV's entering a road) is provided at the entrance to a road, the driver of a vehicle, the unladen weight of which exceeds the weight specified on the sign, shall not proceed beyond the sign, except where it is necessary for a vehicle to enter a road solely for the purpose of gaining access to or egress from premises accessible only from that road. For the purpose of road traffic legislation, traffic sign number RUS 015 is considered to be a prohibitory road traffic sign. Failure of vehicle to comply with prohibitory traffic signs is both a fixed charge and penalty point offence. The fixed charge for the offence is €60 if paid within 28 days from the date from the original fixed charge notice and €90 if paid within 56 days from the date of the original fixed charge notice. The penalty points for the offence are 1 point on the payment of the original fixed charge notice and 3 on conviction in Court.
