Gardaí are mounting a road safety campaign this weekend to coincide with the Bank Holiday.
There will be garda checkpoints, unmarked camera vans and gardaí with speed guns on all the road networks from midnight.
Latest penalty points statistics revealed
The Minister for Transport, Seamus Brennan, today released the latest statistics for penalty points, which show that more than 140,000 drivers have now accumulated points on their licences.
Over 1,000 drivers have six points or more on their licence.
Minister Brennan also confirmed that penalty points would apply to careless driving with effect from tomorrow making it the fourth offence to qualify under the points system.
Penalty points currently apply to speeding, seatbelt wearing offences and driving without insurance.
The addition of careless driving means that those convicted of the offence will get five penalty points endorsed on their licence record.
