Motorists face penalty points for speeding

MOTORISTS stopped for speeding from Thursday onwards face on-the-spot fines of 80 and two penalty points on their licence under a radical shake-up of the country's road safety laws.

Last year some 320,000 drivers were stopped for speeding offences, but Government officials expect the new penalty points system will dramatically cut down speeding on our roads.

Any driver who clocks up 12 points in three years will be forced off the road, their licenses revoked for six months.