System will help curb road carnage

The new penalty points system for driving offences will be enforced gradually from next Thursday on.

It is part of a radical shake up of our traffic laws in an attempt to curb the carnage on our roads. Only speeding drivers will initially be targeted, with on-the-spot fines of 80 and two penalty points.

Those who accumulate 12 penalty points within a three-year period will automatically be banned from driving for six months.