Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 4 February 2015
177. Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to amend the penalty point regulations to make the traffic offence of breach of weight restrictions traffic management an offence for which penalty points will be imposed, and if so, when he plans to make this amendment. [5052/15]
View answerThe offence that Deputy Dowds mentions has recently become a Fixed Charge Notice and penalty point offence. It is an offence under Article 9 of the Road Traffic (Traffic and Parking ) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2012 (S.I. No. 332 of 2012), for the driver of a vehicle, the weight of which exceeds the weight displayed on traffic sign RUS 053, to proceed beyond the sign. Traffic sign RUS 053 is a maximum design gross vehicle weight (safety) sign.
This offence became a Fixed Charge Notice penalty point offence on the 8th December 2014. The offence carries three penalty points on conviction in court, or one penalty point if the €60 Fixed Charge amount is paid within 28 days or €90 within 56 days.
