Cyclists face on-the-spot €40 fines under new rules

Cyclists face on-the-spot fines of €40 from the end of the month for seven traffic offences.

The fixed-charge notices follow Road Safety Authority and An Garda Síochána consultations. A set fine of €40 will be introduced for the following seven of 36 traffic offences:

• A cyclist riding a pedal cycle without reasonable consideration.
• No front lamp or rear lamp lit during lighting-up hours.
• Cycling in pedestrianised street or area.
• A cyclist proceeding past traffic lights when the red lamp is illuminated.
• A cyclist proceeding past cycle traffic lights when red lamp is lit.
• A cyclist failing to stop for a School Warden sign.
• A cyclist going beyond a stop line, barrier or half barrier at a railway level crossing, swing bridge or lifting bridge, when the red lamps are flashing.