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Buying and selling points. Traffic points allowed is a crime.

Written by Administrator Thursday, 30 June 2011 16:33

With the introduction of LOPPSI2 (Orientation Law and programming for the performance of Homeland Security), trafficking of points a driver's license, which is trading up to 700 € the point becomes an offense code the road.

According to Article 223-9 of the Highway Code, buyer and seller may now six months in prison and a fine of € 15 000. The penalty is more severe in the case of an action for profit (activity performed in the usual way or through the message to the public). Indeed, in this case, it passes a year in prison and a fine of € 30 000.

The purchase or sale of points a driver's license is subject to additional penalties, namely:

• suspension or cancellation.
• the penalty of community service.
• penalty of daily fines.
• prohibition from driving certain vehicles.
• the obligation to perform an internship of sensitivity to road safety.

For several years, the practice of buying and selling points of the driving license has been strongly developed. The implementation of that offense traffic aims to counter the trafficking of points.

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