In this paper we analyzed the sanction „penalty points” regulated to the legislation of Republic of Moldova, Romania and Ukraine. In this article also the notion of penalty points and its characteristic features for each state, differences and similarities were identified and their comparative analysis was made (the system for accumulating penalty points and the system for deducting an initial value). The practical problems and legal gaps faced by each state were not overlooked. At the end of this course paper, were proposed some recommendations to improve the system of penalty, including the proposal for changing and completing/ supplementing the laws. This article we think that will be useful for law students, but also for practitioners who solve and deal with contraventional cases in the field of road traffic.