Explanatory Notes

Road Safety Act 2006

2006 CHAPTER 49

8 November 2006

Increases in Penalties

Section 28: Furious driving

96.This section amends Part 2 of Schedule 2 to the RTOA to add an entry for the offence under section 35 of the Offences against the Person Act 1861 (furious driving). That offence is subject to discretionary disqualification. The section provides for the offence to be subject to mandatory endorsement where the offence is committed in relation to a mechanically propelled vehicle and sets the range of penalty points available for this offence (3-9).