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ntroduced last month, the new ierman points system for traffic ffences, based on the existing ntral driver licensing bureau at lensburg, is already causing conderable concern to hgv and other rofessional drivers.
The so-called points "catalogue" Aes that all contraventions subject ) fines of DM40 (.0.10) or more will ad to an entry in the Flensburg files. , total of 18 points accumulated ithin two years means automatic :vocation of the driving licence. ,fter nine points a written warning is sued while at 14 points a retest is rdered, The points entry is erased 7ter two to five years depending on le type of offence or contravention. Ranging from seven points for angerous driving under the inuence of drink or drugs, six points nisuse of license plates or driving ithout insurance) down to one Ant, the new "catalogue" contains a Amber of technical offences of irticular importance in cv and psv operation. Use of a vehicle with an insecure load costs three points. So will an overload exceeding 20 pc of the plated weight. Faulty tyres, lights or trailer couplings also invoke a threepoint entry.
A delay of more than four months in submitting a vehicle to the periodic test will cost the owner two points.