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 |
- Drivers subject to zero BAC with a BAC of between 0.00% and .05%
- Drivers subject to .05% BAC with a BAC of .05% but less than .07%
- Drug driving infringement
|
10 |
- Exceed speed limit by 45km/h or more*
|
8 |
- Exceed speed limit by 35km/h or more but less than 45km/h*
|
6 |
- Exceeding the speed limit by 25km/h or more but less than 35km/h
- Level crossing offences
- Driving a fatigue-regulated heavy vehicle in contravention of maximum work requirement (critical risk offence)
- Driving a fatigue-regulated heavy vehicle in contravention of minimum rest requirement (critical risk offence)
|
4 |
- Exceeding the speed limit by 10km/h or more but less than 25km/h
- Disobeying traffic lights, signs or police directing traffic
- Failing to give way or stop
- Driving without wearing a helmet (motorcycle), or a properly adjusted and fastened seat belt, or driving with an unrestrained passenger under 16 or any passenger under 16 sharing the same seat as another passenger
- Driving on the wrong side of double lines or divided highway or painted island
- Risk colliding with exiting, boarding or waiting tram passengers
- Holder of motorcycle learner permit or licence for less than 12 months riding a motorcycle that is not a learner approved motorcycle or carrying a pillion passenger
- Driving a fatigue-regulated heavy vehicle while impaired by fatigue
- Driving a fatigue-regulated heavy vehicle in contravention of maximum work requirement (severe risk offence)
- Driving a fatigue-regulated heavy vehicle in contravention of minimum rest requirement (severe risk offence)
- Driving contrary to a major defect notice
- Careless driving
- Using a mobile phone illegally while driving
- Driving with an obscured or improperly displayed number plate
- Failure to display a P plate
- Probationary driver who drives a probationary prohibited vehicle on a road
- P1 probationary driver or corresponding novice driver driving a motor vehicle with more than one peer passenger
- Driving a motor vehicle while carrying more than one passenger in breach of a condition required by Roads Safety (Drivers) Regulations 2009 - Reg 60(2)
- Driving the wrong way on a one way service road
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- Improper overtaking or passing
- Turn or stop without signalling
- Turn improperly
- Fail to keep left
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2 |
- Exceed speed limit by less than 10km/h*
- Driving contrary to a minor defect notice
- Fail to dip headlights
- Driving at night without headlights and tail lights on
- Follow too closely
|
1 |
#BAC = Blood Alcohol Content
*Note - Some speeding offences also result in a licence suspension.