A person who incurs any of the offences below (or their equivalent interstate), will have the appropriate demerit points allocated to their driver licence:
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Demerit Point Offences |
No. of Points |
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Drink-drive offences in situations where the licence/permit has not been cancelled:
- Drivers subject to zero blood alcohol concentration (BAC), with a BAC of less than .05.
- Drivers subject to .05 BAC, with a BAC of less than .07.
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10 |
- Exceed speed limit by 45 km/h or more*
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8 |
- Exceed speed limit by 35 km/h or more but less than 45km/h*
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6 |
- Exceed speed limit by 25 km/h or more but less than 35 km/h*
- Rail level crossing offences
- Drive fatigue regulated heavy vehicle in contravention of maximum work requirement - critical risk offence
- Drive fatigue regulated heavy vehicle in contravention of minimum rest requirement - critical risk offence
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4 |
- Exceed speed limit by 10 km/h or more but less than 25 km/h*
- Disobey traffic lights, signs or police directing traffic
- Fail to give way or stop
- Ride motorcycle without wearing a helmet or improperly carrying a pillion/sidecar passenger
- Drive without wearing a seat belt, or a properly adjusted and fastened seat belt
- Drive with an unrestrained passenger
- Drive with a passenger in or on a part of a vehicle not designed for passengers
- Drive the wrong way on a one way service road
- Drive on the wrong side of double lines or a divided road
- Drive over double lines surrounding a painted island
- Risk colliding with alighting, boarding or waiting tram passengers
- Drive fatigue regulated heavy vehicle while impaired by fatigue
- Drive fatigue regulated heavy vehicle in contravention of maximum work requirement - severe risk offence
- Drive fatigue regulated heavy vehicle in contravention of minimum rest requirement - severe risk offence
- Drive contrary to a major defect notice
- Careless driving
- Use a mobile phone in a vehicle when prohibited from doing so
- Drive a probationary prohibited vehicle (probationary drivers)
- Fail to display P plates
- Disobey passenger restrictions (probationary drivers)
- Ride a motorcycle other than a learner approved motorcycle contrary to licence requirements
- Ride a motorcycle contrary to a pillion passenger condition
- Drive without a properly attached and/or displayed number plate
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3 |
- Improper overtaking or passing
- Turn or stop without signalling
- Turn improperly
- Fail to keep left (situations other than double lines)
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2 |
- Exceed speed limit by less than 10 km/h*
- Drive contrary to a minor defect notice
- Fail to dip headlights
- Drive at night or in hazardous weather conditions without appropriate lights on
- Follow too closely
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1 |
*Note - Some speeding offences also result in a licence suspension.