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What new penalty point offence would you create if you could?

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  • #152
    Henry Ford III
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 17,617 Mod ✭✭✭✭Henry Ford III


    Charles Babbage wrote:
    ....Points for displaying L plates if you are not an L driver.

    What would you do with people who display both L and N plates?


  • #153
    Yester
    Registered Users Posts: 1,496 ✭✭✭Yester


    Henry Ford III wrote: »
    What would you do with people who display both L and N plates?

    -2 points.


  • #154
    DublinHun72
    Registered Users Posts: 142 ✭✭DublinHun72


    Jimbob1977 wrote: »
    The Rules of the Road (RSA) indicate that any exit beyond 12 o'clock (straight ahead) should commence from the right hand lane.

    I'm not sure if it's a law or a guideline.

    If the driver in the left lane is going to 3 o’clock and the driver in the right lane is going straight ahead you’d be going across them.


  • #155
    somefeen
    Registered Users Posts: 1,657 ✭✭✭somefeen


    RacoonQueen wrote: »
    No, only one of them is specific to trucks. A particular foodservice company delivering to restaurants and a particular wholesalers are notorious for it on my very short commute. I'm anti-parking-like-an-entitled-asshole.

    Needing to park where I can reasonably get my tail lift open, off load 7 heavy cages ( sometimes more than 250kg each) of food and drink, have space to actually get them up the curb and into the shop that provides jobs and a service to the community makes me entitled?

    I sure don't FEEL entitled while I struggle to to get aforementioned cages up onto the curb past parked cars or strip them down and carry tons of product into a shop one at a time while being looked at and spoken to like a mere nuisance.

    On that note 6 points for abandoning a vehicle in a loading bay when you're clearly not loading.


  • #156
    grogi
    Registered Users Posts: 8,615 ✭✭✭grogi


    Jimbob1977 wrote: »
    Loads of people asked that exact same question on the Spanish forum :)

    The left lane of a Spanish roundabout is for:

    o Making the 9 o'clock (third) exit, as long as you can safely merge back into the right lane just after the 12 o'clock (second) exit.

    You can't exit from the left lane of a Spanish roundabout at the third exit... even if the exit road has two lanes. They consider that as 'cutting up'.

    The official preference is to drive all around the roundabout in the right lane.

    o Performing a full 360 degree turn of the roundabout. Going back where you came from. Once again, you need to filter back into the right lane between the third and fourth exits.

    And exactly same rules (just change the times to reflect we are goofing) are valid in Ireland. The RSA guidance has NO underlying laws, except for "we think it would be best".


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  • #157
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Driving with only sidelights on.


  • #158
    Eric Cartman
    Registered Users Posts: 26,283 ✭✭✭✭Eric Cartman


    Driving with DRL's only at night - 6 points

    Turning before indicating - 4 points

    braking and then turning before indicating - 6 points

    applying makeup while driving - 8 points

    looking around at / paying attention to a baby in the back seat while driving - 8 points

    rubbernecking, if you drop speed by even 5km/h to look at an accident - 12 points immediate ban.


  • #159
    sydthebeat
    Subscribers Posts: 40,969 ✭✭✭✭sydthebeat


    DublinHun72 wrote: »
    If the driver in the left lane is going to 3 o’clock and the driver in the right lane is going straight ahead you’d be going across them.

    if youre at 6 o clock, then any driver coming from your right going to either your 12 o clock or 3 o clock.... should already be in the right lane.....


  • #160
    theguzman
    Registered Users Posts: 2,081 ✭✭✭theguzman


    Failure to dim your headlights should get a 6 penatly points and a €1,000 fine

    Using those very bright new type of lights, execution


  • #161
    Ave Sodalis
    Registered Users Posts: 7,547 ✭✭✭Ave Sodalis


    Driving at a crawling 20km/hr on rural roads and on the complete opposite side of the road going around blind corners but thinking you're safe because you are going so slow... immediate ban and resit of the test.

    Endangering vulnerable road users... 5 points.


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  • #162
    Baron Kurtz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,262 ✭✭✭Baron Kurtz


    Bandon Road Roundabout can take a lot of points, for poor road markings at the very least.


  • #163
    endacl
    Registered Users Posts: 22,230 ✭✭✭✭endacl


    Driving with fog lights on, when there’s no fog.

    No points, but drivers should be made to spray ‘I am a tool’ in foot high letters down each side of their car.


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