Road Traffic Law

The Cabinet has approved the plans of Transport Minister Shane Ross to introduce graduated speeding penalties, The Irish Times reports. The proposals seek to impose sanctions on drivers according to the extent to which they exceed the speed limit.

A motorist who dangerously overtakes a cyclist will face a fine of €120 and three penalty points under a new law coming into force tonight.

Up to 28,000 prosecutions are at risk because of a legislative error in the Road Traffic Act 2016. In a written judgment issued yesterday, Ms Justice Úna Ní Raifeartaigh said parts of the law concerning fixed charge notices breached the constitutional right to a fair trial.

An error in road traffic legislation prevents motorists from defending themselves on the basis that they did not receive a first fixed charge notice, a High Court judge has said. Ms Justice Úna Ní Raifeartaigh has said that section 35.2 and section 44.10 of the Road Traffic Act 2010, a

Nearly half of all speeding offences brought to court in the past two and a half years have been struck out because motorists have not been served with a summons, according to the Courts Service. Figures released to Independent TD Tommy Broughan reveal that 61,059 speeding offences were listed in th

A public consultation on the legalisation of the use of e-scooters and other powered personal transporters (PPTs) on public roads will begin on Sunday. Transport Minister Shane Ross announced the consultation after receiving a report from the Road Safety Authority (RSA), which broadly supports legal

The Road Safety Authority (RSA) has appealed to tens of thousands of long-term learner permit holders to sit their driving test to make Ireland's roads safer. According to RSA figures, there are over 41,000 drivers on their fourth or subsequent learner permit, and over 8,600 who are on their tenth o

The Road Safety Authority (RSA) has called for an urgent meeting with Garda Commissioner Drew Harris over what it views as the "downgrading of road safety" in his restructuring plans. Mr Harris yesterday revealed his proposed new operating model for An Garda Síochána, implementing key

Tens of thousands of Irish motorists are driving with UK licenses in spite of a warning that they could become invalid after a no-deal Brexit. Up to 40,000 people are still driving with a UK license, according to new figures from the National Driver License Service (NDLS), The Irish Times reports.

Road safety officials have called for an investigation into wildly disparate conviction rates for drink driving offences in different Irish counties. New Courts Service figures have revealed that a third of motorists prosecuted for drink driving avoid a conviction, RTÉ reports.

A garda who was involved in a "traumatic" road traffic collision in Mullingar, in which large pieces of wood entered through the body of the car while his young children were in the back seat,  has been awarded €90,000 in the High Court. Accepting that the man continued to suffer problems

The number of motorists banned from driving in the State has risen sharply this year amid increased enforcement by gardaí, according to new figures. The Department of Transport has said that 8,090 motorists were disqualified from driving between January and July this year, against a total of

Motorists have been fined more than £4 million over the past four years for driving in Belfast's bus lanes. A third-party contractor uses fixed CCTV cameras and a mobile CCTV camera vehicle to record unauthorised vehicles illegally driving in bus lanes.

Almost three-quarters of the Garda Inspectorate's recommendations on modernising the fixed charge processing system (FCPS) have been implemented, according to a new report. Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan and Transport Minister Shane Ross today published a progress report on the implementation of

The Public Prosecution Service (PPS) has launched a public consultation on its updated policy covering the prosecution of road traffic offences. The policy document explains the approach of the PPS in taking prosecutorial decisions in respect of road traffic offences.