French probationary licence: your points today
Enter how long you have held your licence, whether you did accompanied driving and any offences: the tool gives your points and what they will become.
A French probationary licence (permis probatoire) starts with 6 points. Article L223-1 of the Highway Code tops it up every year of the probationary period by one sixth of the maximum, 2 points a year for 3 years, or by a quarter, 3 points a year for 2 years, after early accompanied driving (AAC). The condition is strict: no offence costing points may have been committed since the start of the probationary period. A single offence is therefore enough to lose every remaining top-up, on top of the points taken. Example: a driver who has held the licence for thirty months, without accompanied driving and with no offence, has 10 points; the same driver having lost one point in the eighteenth month has only 7. Losing three points or more makes a course compulsory, within four months. An optional additional training session, between the sixth and twelfth month, shortens the probationary period, according to Service Public.
Estimated points today
5 / 12
Probation: 22 more months
| Annual increases earned | 0 × 2 |
| Points deducted | 1 |
| End of probation, no offence | increases lost |
| Compulsory course (3+ pts lost) | no |
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Points year by year, with no offence
| End of year | Standard training | Accompanied driving |
|---|---|---|
| Year 1 | 8 points | 9 points |
| Year 2 | 10 points | 12 points |
| Year 3 | 12 points | 12 points |
Article L223-1 sets the rule; the Service Public page adds that additional training taken between the sixth and twelfth month shortens the probationary period.
My points on a probationary licence
Points today
10 / 12
| Probation length | 3 years, +2 a year |
| End of probation | in 10 months |
| Compulsory course | no |
Speed limits for new drivers
Throughout the period, lower maximum speeds apply: 110 km/h on motorways, 100 on dual carriageways, 80 on sections with two lanes in the same direction. The full table is on the speed limits page. Any excess is measured from that lower limit.