Speeding in Southern Ireland
Discussion
Hi all, was caught speeding in Southern Ireland when on holiday there the other week. Have received the fixed charge offence through the post this morning.
The fine is 80 Euro's if payed within 28 days, and it mentions 2 penalty points also. Can these be added to a UK driving license?
Kind regards
Jonathan
The fine is 80 Euro's if payed within 28 days, and it mentions 2 penalty points also. Can these be added to a UK driving license?
Kind regards
Jonathan
Edited by jgguinness on Wednesday 2nd September 18:39
Hi. It is a British registered car. He was parked on a slip road, north bound on the new motorway from Cork to Dublin.
I fully intend to pay the fine, but wasnt sure about the points thats all. The paperwork says 2 points if I pay within 28 days, 4 if I dont. But i wasnt sure how the 2 points over there would translate to 3 over here etc.
Kind regards
Jonathan
I fully intend to pay the fine, but wasnt sure about the points thats all. The paperwork says 2 points if I pay within 28 days, 4 if I dont. But i wasnt sure how the 2 points over there would translate to 3 over here etc.
Kind regards
Jonathan
Hi all, just made a call to the fixed charge processing unit in Tipperary. The lady located my details, and told me that fortunatly for me, but unfortunatly for them they cannot put points on a UK license. I still have to complete the form and put my license details on though.
Jonathan
Jonathan
EU_Foreigner said:
Did not know that, wonder why. There is no Scottish / Welsh license or English, so why NI?
Historical, I suppose.http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/DriverLicensi...
When I worked in the courts in the South of Scotland (late 1970's)we couldn't endorse licences from Northern Ireland and driving bans only applied in GB.
There were some severely dodgy Irish lorries on the road then - like East European ones today!
jgguinness said:
Hi all, just made a call to the fixed charge processing unit in Tipperary. The lady located my details, and told me that fortunatly for me, but unfortunatly for them they cannot put points on a UK license. I still have to complete the form and put my license details on though.
Jonathan
Why should they care? - StreakyJonathan
PS - good job you're a long way from Tipperary.
HellDiver said:
An Garda Siochana has the ability now to transfer points to N. Irish driving licences, and they also employ a debt collection agency to retreive fines from UK residents.
Used to be if you could make it to the border you were laughing, now it's not that simple.
Presumably there's a reciprocal agreement so that southern Irish drivers caught offending in N.I. can have resulting points assigned to their licences?Used to be if you could make it to the border you were laughing, now it's not that simple.
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