New traffic demerits point effective 1.6.2013
1. Beating red lights -6points & fined 100
2. Drink /drive -12 points, 5 years ban from driving
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3. No seat belt, -3points & fined 100
4. Front passenger no buckle seat belt, -1 point, fined 50.
... 5. Using phone while driving, -3pts, fine 100.
6. Smoking while driving, -1 pt, fine 100.
7. Intentionally cover number plate, -12pts, maximum fine.
8. Speeding, -6 points
9. Front passenger below 14yrs old, -6 pts, fined 300.LOL at point 6. Speeding, how they define speeding? Drink and Drive? What they meant -12 points and 5 years banned from driving? I thought the maximum deduction is -24 ? How come -12 yet ban for 5 years? Crap. Then did they scrapped the rest of the offences too? Dumb.
1. Beating red lights -6points & fined 100
2. Drink /drive -12 points, 5 years ban from driving
...
3. No seat belt, -3points & fined 100
4. Front passenger no buckle seat belt, -1 point, fined 50.
... 5. Using phone while driving, -3pts, fine 100.
6. Smoking while driving, -1 pt, fine 100.
7. Intentionally cover number plate, -12pts, maximum fine.
8. Speeding, -6 points
9. Front passenger below 14yrs old, -6 pts, fined 300.LOL at point 6. Speeding, how they define speeding? Drink and Drive? What they meant -12 points and 5 years banned from driving? I thought the maximum deduction is -24 ? How come -12 yet ban for 5 years? Crap. Then did they scrapped the rest of the offences too? Dumb.
Come on, if this is gonna be true, then wouldnt the Traffic police website be showing this? The last time i went in, it shows this instead
LIST OF SCHEDULED OFFENCES UNDER DIPS
S/No.
|
Offences committed
|
Demerit points
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| 1 | Carrying excess pillion or carrying pillion sitting not astride |
3
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| 2 | Rider failing to wear or wear insecurely on his head a protective helmet |
3
|
| 3 | Disobeying traffic direction of police officer, employee of Authority or security officer engaged in regulating traffic |
3
|
| 4 | Conveying load not properly secured |
3
|
| 5 | Using tyres with ply or cord carcass exposed |
3
|
| 6 | Driver failing to wear seat belt |
3
|
| 7 | Parking abreast of another vehicle |
3
|
| 8 | Parking within a pedestrian crossing |
3
|
| 9 | Stopping in a zebra controlled area |
3
|
| 10 | Driver failing to ensure that every passenger wears a seat belt |
3
|
| 11 | Using a motor vehicle where a person below 1.35 metres in height is a passenger and is not properly secured by an approved child restraint or a body-restraining seat belt |
3
|
| 12 | Parking within a Demerit Points No Parking Zone |
3
|
| 13 | Stopping within a Demerit Points No Stopping Zone |
3
|
| 14 | Failing to fill up every passenger seat in driver’s cabin, or any additional cabin or enclosed space provided for the carriage of passengers or goods and which is adjacent to or is an extension of the cabin for the driver, before carrying any person on the floor of open deck goods vehicle |
3
|
| Fine : Light Vehicle: $120 ; Heavy Vehicle : $150 | ||
| 15 | Exceeding speed limit for vehicle by 1 to 20 kilometres per hour |
4
|
| 16 | Exceeding speed limit on a road by 1 to 20 kilometres per hour |
4
|
| 17 | Failing to give way to oncoming traffic at controlled junction |
4
|
| 18 | Failing to give way at uncontrolled junction |
4
|
| 19 | Failing to give way at junction |
4
|
| 20 | Failing to give way at roundabout |
4
|
| 21 | Crossing double white lines |
4
|
| 22 | Crossing road divider |
4
|
| 23 | Obstructing flow of traffic |
4
|
| 24 | Forming up incorrectly when turning left or right |
4
|
| 25 | Failing to give way to ambulance, fire brigade or police vehicle |
4
|
| 26 | Driving while carrying load on a motor vehicle in a dangerous manner |
4
|
| 27 | Stopping on the shoulder or verge of an expressway |
4
|
| 28 | Stopping or remaining at rest on the carriage way of expressway |
4
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| Fine : Light Vehicle: $130 ; Heavy Vehicle : $160 | ||
| 29 | Exceeding speed limit for vehicle by 21 to 30 kilometre per hour |
6
|
| 30 | Exceeding speed limit on a road by 21 to 30 kilometres per hour |
6
|
| 31 | Driving on the shoulder of an expressway |
6
|
| 32 | Failing to securely tie or attach goods to a goods vehicle to prevent their falling off from the vehicle |
6
|
| 33 | Offences committed by motorists at pedestrian crossing |
6
|
| 34 | Driving or riding against the flow of traffic as indicated by traffic signs |
6
|
| 35 | Careless driving |
6
|
| 36 | Carrying passengers on a motor vehicle or trailer in a dangerous manner |
6
|
| 37 | Reversing unnecessarily along an expressway |
6
|
| 38 | Failing to obey 1.1 metre height restriction for persons carried on open deck goods vehicle |
6
|
| 39 | Carrying passengers when the clear floor space of the open deck of goods vehicle available for each passenger is insufficient |
6
|
| Fine : Light Vehicle: $150 ; Heavy Vehicle : $180 | ||
| 40 | Exceeding speed limit for vehicle by 31 to 40 kilometres per hour |
8
|
| 41 | Exceeding speed limit on a road by 31 to 40 kilometres per hour |
8
|
| Fine : Light Vehicle: $170 ; Heavy Vehicle : $200 | ||
| 42 | Driving without due care or reasonable consideration for other road users |
9
|
| 43 | Carrying passengers on a goods vehicle in a dangerous manner |
9
|
| Fine : Light Vehicle: $170 ; Heavy Vehicle : $200 | ||
| 44 | Exceeding speed limit for vehicle by 41 to 50 kilometres per hour |
12
|
| 45 | Exceeding speed limit on a road by 41 to 50 kilometres per hour |
12
|
| Offender will be prosecuted in court | ||
| 46 | Failing to conform to traffic light signals |
12
|
| Fine : Light Vehicle: $200 ; Heavy Vehicle : $230 | ||
| 47 | Use of mobile telephone while driving |
12
|
| 1st offence: Fine not exceeding $1000 or jail up to 6 months or both 2nd and subsequent offence: Fine not exceeding $2000 or jail up to 12 months or both | ||
| 48 | Exceeding speed limit for vehicle by 51 to 60 kilometres per hour |
18
|
| 49 | Exceeding speed limit on a road by 51 to 60 kilometres per hour |
18
|
| Offender will be prosecuted in court | ||
| 50 | Exceeding speed limit for vehicle by more than 60 kilometres per hour |
24
|
| 51 | Exceeding speed limit on a road by more than 60 kilometres per hour |
24
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| 52 | Reckless or dangerous driving |
24
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| Offender will be prosecuted in court |
So whose telling the truth? You be the judge. For me, i wont believe unless the Traffic Police list that on their website.!
Morale of the story, do your background check before posting or sharing some weird information.