NSW Speeding and Demerit Point Overhaul

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Demerit Point Overhaul:

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/new...-1225958838747

Overview:

• Reducing demerit point penalties for 22 non-speeding offences
• Drivers demerit points increased from 12 to 13
• "Professional" drivers, such as cabbies, truckies, bus drivers and couriers, will get 14 points
• Offences such as not using indicators and roundabout offences would now incur no loss of demerit points
• Obscure offences such as overtaking when unsafe or getting too close previously saw a loss of three points. That will be reduced to two.
• Warning signs 50m ahead of mobile speed cameras
• Driving in a bus lane will mean the loss of one point rather than three

Ms Keneally said a "working party" would be set up to see if sanctions, such as completing a driver education course, could be used instead of demerit point penalties.

The party would also look at whether drivers whose licences had been suspended could apply for restricted "hardship" licences permitting them to drive "to alleviate hardship" and whether automatic demerit loss should occur with drink-driving.

Wow - I wouldn't have guessed there would have been this much change...