Penalties
Penalty tableAn annex of The Highway Code with information and rules about penalties, including penalty points and disqualification, a penalty table, new drivers and other consequences of offending.
Where a court disqualifies a person on conviction for one of these offences, it must order an extended retest. The courts also have discretion to order a retest for any other offence which carries penalty points, an extended retest where disqualification is obligatory, and an ordinary test where disqualification is not obligatory.
Furthermore, in some serious cases, the court MUST (in addition to imposing a fixed period of disqualification) order the offender to be disqualified until they pass a driving test. In other cases the court has a discretionary power to order such disqualification. The test may be an ordinary length test or an extended test according to the nature of the offence. |
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Rules for pedestrians (1 to 35) Rules for users of powered wheelchairs and powered mobility scooters (36 to 46) Rules about animals (47 to 58) Rules for cyclists (59 to 82) Rules for motorcyclists (83 to 88) Rules for drivers and motorcyclists (89 to 102) General rules, techniques and advice for all drivers and riders (103 to 158) Using the road (159 to 203) Road users requiring extra care (204 to 225) Driving in adverse weather conditions (226 to 237) Waiting and parking (238 to 252) Motorways (253 to 273) Breakdowns and incidents (274 to 287) Road works, level crossings and tramways (288 to 307) Signs and Signals Direction signs on roads and motorways Information signs Light signals controlling traffic Road markings Road signs giving orders Road works signs Signals by authorised persons Signals to other road users Traffic signs Vehicle markings Warning signs Annexes Penalties Vehicle maintenance, safety and security First aid on the road Safety Code for new drivers |