Crackdown on Bad Drivers Paying to Keep Their Licence

Published on July 20, 2024

Thousands of people scared of losing their licence, and possibly a job, have paid others to take the demerit points for their infringements, according to someone who has profited from the scam. But the New South Wales (NSW) government has vowed to crackdown on the practise with a review of the state’s demerit points system also now underway. A three-month probe will investigate suspected gaming of the process which allows another driver to be nominated as liable for infringement demerit points. It will target 0.005 percent of the state’s almost seven million licence holders—about 350 people—who have 20 or more demerit points....

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