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PENALTY TIME<br />
Drive sensibly and you’ll be fine, but be daft behind the<br />
wheel and you’ll be fined - and you’ll almost certainly rack<br />
up a load of points too...<br />
KEY OFFENCES<br />
Drivers used to be able to notch<br />
up 12 points before losing their<br />
licence, but when the New<br />
Drivers’ (Northern Ireland) Order<br />
1998 was introduced it cut this<br />
to just six points for the first<br />
two years.<br />
This 24-month span is called the probationary period, and it applies to anyone gaining a new<br />
licence, regardless of age or experience. If you rack up any points when you’re learning, those<br />
points will be carried over from your provisional licence to your full - so you won’t be starting<br />
with a clean slate.<br />
It’s easy to get caught breaking the rules; get nicked and you can kiss your clean licence<br />
goodbye, pushing up your insurance premium in the process. But keeping your licence clean<br />
isn’t difficult - just drive sensibly. These are some of the key ways you can come unstuck when<br />
driving; be careful out there…<br />
1<br />
Speed<br />
At least three points plus<br />
upto a £1000 fine.<br />
Go crazy on the<br />
motorway and you could<br />
be fined £2500 and get<br />
an unlimited ban.<br />
2<br />
Fail to stop at a<br />
zebra crossing<br />
An automatic three<br />
points plus a fine of up<br />
to £1000.<br />
3<br />
Using a mobile<br />
hand-held<br />
Three points plus a £60<br />
fine. Crash while<br />
texting or<br />
making a call<br />
and you’ll<br />
almost certainly<br />
go to jail if you<br />
kill someone.<br />
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