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MS50 : motor racing on the highway
Checked 22 July 2026 · How we check our figures
What it means
MS50 needs two consenting right feet: an unauthorised race or trial of speed on a public way, s. 12 RTA 1988, and the agreement is the offence, not the winning. Its surprise is the ban: disqualification is obligatory, which puts this 3 to 11 code in the same exception-arithmetic club as DR10 and DD40, points only where the ban is spared. Two cars leaving the lights together with intent is all the racetrack the section requires.
Points and how long it stays
3 to 11 points.
On the licence for 4 years from the date of the offence.
The MS codes are the register's junk drawer, offences that share a letter rather than a statute: dangerous parking (MS10, s. 22 RTA 1988), unlawful pillions (MS20, s. 23), the street-games relic MS30 with the table's only 2 points, racing on the highway (MS50, s. 12, where the ban is obligatory), the eyesight pair MS70 and MS80 under s. 96, the residual box MS60, and the family's heavyweight MS90, failing to name the driver, 6 points and a page of its own. Most of the family runs flat 3s on the 4-year offence clock (gov.uk, checked 2026-07-22), which makes it easy to underestimate: the drawer's contents count towards totting exactly like everything else. The arithmetic sits in the penalty points calculator at /fines/penalty-points.
The usual route
Nothing here is dealt with by penalty notice; the case is charged and heard.
If it goes to court
Disqualification is obligatory for racing on the highway, s. 12 RTA 1988, so the points column is mostly theoretical; custody and an unlimited fine sit behind it.
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Authority
gov.uk, Penalty points (endorsements), checked 2026-07-22