How are Demerit Points calculated for Newly Licensed drivers?


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Note: There are no demerit points for traffic violations detected by automated cameras e.g. red-light and spot speed cameras.
Double Demerit Points

  • Statistics show an increase in road fatalities and serious accidents during certain periods e.g. long weekends, Easter, Carnival, Christmas and New Year’s Day Holiday Season.

  • To ensure safer roads, demerit points may be doubled for specified traffic violations during these periods. For example, driving while holding or using a handheld mobile device carries three (3) demerit points.

  • During the double demerit points period, this traffic violation will carry six (6) demerit points.

  • The public will be notified of the implementation of double demerit points by way of publication in the daily newspapers, at least five (5) days prior to its commencement.

  • The period allocated to double demerit points will not exceed ten (10) consecutive days.

Recording Simultaneous Demerit Points

  • If a motorist has committed multiple traffic violations in one incident, he or she will be issued a traffic ticket for each traffic violation.

  • The motorist will be responsible for paying ALL the stipulated fines on each ticket.

  • Only the traffic violation that carries the highest number of demerit points will be applied on the driving permit record of the driver.

  • For example, if a driver receives a ticket for the unauthorized use of the Priority Bus Route which carries six (6) demerit points, and also receives a ticket for an overcrowded vehicle which carries three (3) demerit points – in the same instance, the driver of the vehicle will be required to pay both fines. However, only six (6) demerit points will be applied to the driving permit record of the driver, which represents the highest of the both violations.

  • Only in the instance where a driver breaks the red light (without being captured by the camera enforcement technology) AND exceeds the speed limit, will the demerit points for both violations be recorded, AS WELL AS the highest number of demerit points for any other violation arising out of the same incident.