1,000 things can lead to your licence being suspended from next month â these are worst Business Insider SA
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South Africa s new national demerit system for driving offences will be rolled out in phases starting on 1 July.
All motorists will start with zero points and receive demerits for approximately 1,000 violations.
These points will be attributed to the motorist s license and when the demerits exceed 15, the license will be suspended for three months.
Demerit points range from one to six depending on the seriousness of the offence.
Exceeding 161 km/h on the highway, fleeing the scene of an accident, driving while drunk, and failing to stop for a traffic officer are just some of the six-point offences.
In the event of a driver accumulating 12 demerit points, his or her licence will be suspended for a total of three months. Each licence may only be suspended twice and thereafter it will be cancelled. Picture: Phando Jikelo/African News Agency (ANA)
EXPLAINER: Ins and outs of SAâs new traffic demerit system
By Jehran Daniel
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DURBAN - South Africaâs Department of Transport announced this week the roll-out of the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences (Aarto) Act which, when combined with the new demerit system, is set to impose stricter rules on motorists.
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