Penalty Points - Check

Big Nelly

Friend of mine says she got penalty points for speeding either in 2002 or 2003 and wants to check if they are still on her license? getting insurance renewal soon. Is there anywhere you can check this on web or do you have to ring Garda station to check? thanks

stringy

Would like to know too. I received a speeding fine in July and paid it, but received no notification of penalty points, do I have/not them?

A mate of mine got caight too, paid the fine, rang up to check but no record of points on his licence, something to do with the fact the the Department of Transport doesn't link well with Dept of Justice.

Any thoughts? My insurance due for renewal in 2 weeks, do I tell or not? do i have or not have points? How do you check without gettin caught?!?!

MercMad

I thought the points system only came in in 2004 !!

jhegarty

MercMad wrote:

I thought the points system only came in in 2004 !!

So did I... doesn't time fly....

from http://oasis.gov.ie/transport/motoring/driving_offences.html "A system of penalty points was introduced in Ireland on 31st October, 2002."

Our man in Havana

The only way to check would be to make a FOI application to see what is on your record.

"A system of penalty points was introduced in Ireland on 31st October, 2002."

Yes, but bear in mind that most penalty points would not be on record until much later, months in fact.

iregk

christ has it been 3 years since penalty points were introduced?

Big Nelly

Bond-007 wrote:

The only way to check would be to make a FOI application to see what is on your record.

Sorry but wats an FOI application? I have no peno poitns yet(touch wood) so havent really an idea and she doesn't really either! thanks

ciarsd

FOI freedom of information. In an ideal world, you should be able to find out with a phonecall or email... but I doubt it will be that easy!

LostinBlanch

No (I think) has to be written request with a fee (not sure what it is but think it could be about €25. Could be wrong though.

lucanone

call 09678288 and qoute driver number and name....easy and quick....feckin hate the fact i thought it was only 2 years but as we nom know its 3 grrrrrrrr:rolleyes:

Big Nelly

3 year old thread opened, and I am still here. Bring back the old days!!!

Cork Skate

Has this improved now? Is there anyway of finding out online or whatever?

Big Nelly

Big Nelly wrote: »

Friend of mine says she got penalty points for speeding either in 2002 or 2003 and wants to check if they are still on her license? getting insurance renewal soon. Is there anywhere you can check this on web or do you have to ring Garda station to check? thanks

They only last 3 years, they should defo be gone.


Edit: Apologies, I didn't notice this was a resurrected thread.

Sofa King

Apologies for resurrecting this thread again.

But, I had 8 penalty points. 2 of which are gone from today, another 2 are gone on May 8th and 2 more gone on July 4th, the remaining 2 will be gone in Jan 2014.

But my question is, I had a company car for the last year or so until recent and I am looking to purchase a car now, what is the story with the insurance? Will the premium go down each time the points go off or can i get short term insurance then renew on July 4th?

What is the best way around this?

Thanks.

TestTransmission

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