Driving license: scale of points withdrawn by offense
Verified 01 January 2024 - Legal and Administrative Information Directorate (Prime Minister)
The point permit system applies to all driving licenses. Points can be taken away if you do not respect the rules of the road. The number of points removed ranges from 1 to 6 depending on the severity of the offense. If you commit more than one offense at the same time, it can be removed up to 8 points.
See the simulator to find out how many points are withdrawn in the event of a traffic offense:
What is the risk in the event of a traffic offense?
Alcohol or narcotics | Category of offense | Number of points removed |
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Driven with a blood alcohol content of 0.5 to 0.8 g/liter (0.25 to 0.4 mg/liter of exhaled air) | Contravention - 4è class | 6 |
Driving with ⩾ 0.8 g/liter blood alcohol or overt drunk | Offense | 6 |
Recurrent driving with ⩾ 0.8 g/liter of blood alcohol or overt drunkenness | Offense | 6 |
Refusal to undergo blood alcohol testing | Offense | 6 |
Driving after drug use or refusal to test for drugs | Offense | 6 |
Failure to comply with the obligation to drive a vehicle equipped with an approved electronic alcohol ignition interlock device | Offense | 6 |
Warning
if you are in probationary periodin early, supervised or supervised learning, the maximum permitted alcohol content is 0.2 g/l blood (i.e. 0,10 mg/l air).
See the simulator to find out how many points are withdrawn in the event of a traffic offense:
Speeding | Contravention Class | Number of points removed |
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Excess speed ≤ 5 km/h if maximum permitted speed > 50 km/h | 3è class | 0 |
Excess speed ≤ 5 km/h if maximum authorized speed ≤ 50 km/h | 4è class | 0 |
Excess speed ⩾ at 5 km/h and less than 20 km/h if maximum speed allowed > 50 km/h | 3è class | 1 |
Excess speed ⩾ at 5 km/h and less than 20 km/h if maximum speed allowed ≤ 50 km/h | 4è class | 1 |
Excess speed ⩾ at 20 km/h and less than 30 km/h | 4è class | 2 |
Excess speed ⩾ at 30 km/h and less than 40 km/h | 4è class | 3 |
Excess speed ⩾ at 40 km/h and less than 50 km/h | 4è class | 4 |
Excess speed over 50 km/h | 5è class | 6 |
Transport, detention, use of apparatus for detecting or disturbing speed controls (radar detectors) | 5è class | 6 |
See the simulator to find out how many points are withdrawn in the event of a traffic offense:
Traffic and parking | Contravention Class | Number of points removed |
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Straight Line Overlap | 4è class | 1 |
Acceleration of a driver about to be exceeded | 4è class | 2 |
Left-hand traffic on two-way carriageway | 4è class | 3 |
Dangerous overtaking | 4è class | 3 |
Continuous Line Crossing | 4è class | 3 |
Failure to observe safety distances between two vehicles | 4è class | 3 |
Change of direction without prior warning | 2è class | 3 |
Emergency stop band traffic | 4è class | 3 |
Hazardous parking | 4è class | 3 |
Use of a handheld telephone while driving or a hands-free kit, earphone, or headset | 4è class | 3 |
Refusal of priority | 4è class | 4 |
Failure to stop at red light, stop or give way | 4è class | 4 |
Traffic in the prohibited direction | 4è class | 4 |
Night traffic without lighting or visibility without lighting | 4è class | 4 |
Failure to comply with the obligation to give way to pedestrians who regularly engage in the crossing of a road or who clearly indicate the intention to cross | 4è class | 6 |
Failure to give way to pedestrians in a pedestrian zone or meeting area | 4è class | 6 |
Driving despite administrative or judicial suspension of the driving license or detention of the driving license | Offense | 6 |
Unintentional injuries to a third party resulting in a work stoppage of more than 3 months | Offense | 6 |
Refusal to comply | Offense | 6 |
See the simulator to find out how many points are withdrawn in the event of a traffic offense:
Helmet or seat belt | Contravention Class | Number of points removed |
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In the case of driving a 2-wheel vehicle: failure to wear gloves | 3è class | 1 |
In the case of driving a 2-wheel vehicle: failure to wear the helmet | 4è class | 3 |
Failure to wear a seat belt | 4è class | 3 |
See the simulator to find out how many points are withdrawn in the event of a traffic offense:
Glazing | Contravention Class | Number of points |
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Non-compliance with the transparency of front windows (windshields and driver and passenger windows) | 4è class | 3 |
Non-compliance with passenger transport within seating limits | 4è class | 3 |
See the simulator to find out how many points are withdrawn in the event of a traffic offense:
Who can help me?
Find who can answer your questions in your region
Telephone administrative information - Allo Public Service
For more information on this topic, you can contact Allô Service Public.
Cost: free service
The informants who answer you belong to the Ministry of the Interior.
Attention: the service does not have access to users' personal files and cannot therefore provide information on their status.
The service is available at the following times:
- Monday: 8.30am to 5.30pm
- Tuesday: 8:30 to 12:15
- Wednesday: 8:30 to 12:15
- Thursday: 8.30am to 5.30pm
- Friday: 1 p.m. to 4:15 p.m
- Lundi : de 08h30 à 17h30
- Mardi : de 08h30 à 12h15
- Mercredi : de 08h30 à 12h15
- Jeudi : de 08h30 à 17h30
- Vendredi : de 13h00 à 16h15
Refusal to comply
Driving after use of substances or plants classified as narcotic drugs
Alcohol content greater than or equal to 0,80 g per liter
Alcohol content greater than or equal to 0,20 g per liter
Maneuvering, steering and visibility devices.
Correctional Sentences
Equipment for vehicle users
General principles of movement
Maximum permitted speeds
Stopping or parking dangerous, inconvenient or abusive
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