Once you have logged into your profile, the LTO website will bring you to the home screen and ask you what you want to do. Once loaded the new page will display your demerit points along with the corresponding violation that you committed.
It will also show you the unsettled amounts you need to pay for that violation along with your violations history. Just like you, the other people in line are also hungry so being patient and courteous goes a long way. Cars Motorcycles Trucks. Pickup Truck. Station Wagon. You are here: Home Latest Stories Feature How to check for demerit points on your driver's license The Land Transportation Office LTO has recently begun the release of licenses that come with a year validity period.
Demerit points. An expiation notice will then be re-issued to the nominated driver. To contest the offence you may choose not to pay the fine and elect to have the matter heard in court. If you have an overdue fine, you may have your driver's licence suspended or be refused vehicle registration, regardless of whether the offence is traffic related or not.
The Fines Enforcement and Recovery Unit may request the Registrar of Motor Vehicles not to transact any business with you and that your driver's licence be suspended until the fine is paid. You can also be disqualified from driving if you are convicted in court of a graffiti related offence. If you are disqualified from driving you will receive a notice of disqualification in the mail unless it is an immediate loss of licence for speeding excessively, drink driving or refusing or failing to comply with a breath test, blood test or drug test or other court imposed disqualification.
If you are disqualified from driving as a result of the accumulation of demerit points, the disqualification starts 28 days after a formal notice is sent to you, providing you formally acknowledge receipt of the notice within this time frame. If you are already disqualified, any new disqualification will start immediately after the existing disqualification ends.
Where the disqualification is due to the accumulation of 12 or more demerit points you may be provided with the option of either being disqualified for the period stated in the notice or electing to be of 'good behaviour' see below for 12 months. You must acknowledge receipt of a disqualification notice in person and pay a fee. Failure to do this will result in the notice being served on you personally and a higher fee is payable. If you cannot be served a notice of disqualification personally, you will be prohibited from transacting any business under the Motor Vehicles Act , such as renewing your vehicle registration.
If you are disqualified from driving, your licence will be suspended and in some cases cancelled. If your licence is cancelled you will not receive a refund of the period remaining on the licence. You may be eligible to apply for a 12 month good behaviour option in lieu of serving the demerit point disqualification. Information about this option is provided on the disqualification notice.
If you are eligible to make an application to enter into a 'good behaviour' option, you must notify the Registrar of Motor Vehicles within 28 days of the date of issue on the notice at an Australia Post EPOS outlet or a Service SA customer service centre.
Once the good behaviour condition is accepted, you will be able to continue to drive but your licence will be subject to the condition that you do not incur two or more demerit points during the good behaviour period. If you incur two or more points you will be disqualified for twice the original disqualification period with no right of appeal or further good behaviour option.
All demerit points that resulted in the issue of the notice of disqualification, and any demerit points for offences committed before the offence that brought the total number of demerit points to 12 or more, are discounted when the disqualification or good behaviour period commences.
Any demerit points for offences committed after the offence that resulted in the notice of disqualification being issued are not discounted and may contribute to a further notice. If you hold a provisional licence and you are disqualified for accumulating four or more demerit points, or contravening a prescribed condition, you may choose to enter into a Safer Driver Agreement in lieu of serving the six month disqualification period - unless you committed a serious disqualification offence.
If you breach the Safer Driver Agreement conditions you will be disqualified for 12 months twice the original disqualification period which you must serve. You will not be eligible to choose a Safer Driver Agreement if you are disqualified again within the next five years. If you commit a serious drink driving offence you will have an alcohol interlock breath-testing device fitted to your vehicle for a period of time at the end of the licence disqualification period.
Wheel clamping, impounding or forfeiture of a vehicle may occur in addition to any other penalty that may apply to offences such as dangerous driving, careless driving, excessive speed, drink and drug driving, driving while disqualified and causing the vehicle to make excessive noise or smoke, amongst others.
The Courts also have discretion to impose harsher penalties upon repeat offenders, including permanent vehicle seizure. A car is impounded when secured at premises under the authority of the Commissioner of Police and the Sheriff. Forfeited vehicles may be taken from hoon drivers and sold by the state of South Australia. A trial of e-scooters electric scooters has been approved to take place in the Adelaide CBD. Find all information about the trial here. Find all rules here.
The table below provides a summary of select road safety related offences that attract demerit points as well as the expiation fees applicable for each offence. Other more serious traffic offences, which are not expiable and must be heard by a court, but still attract demerit points, are also included. A complete list of the expiation fees and demerit points that apply to road traffic as well as registration and licensing offences are set out in:.
A body corporate that successfully nominates the responsible driver will not incur the body corporate fee. This offence will also incur automatic loss of licence for six months. Police may also wheel clamp or impound an offender's vehicle. Note this sanction is not available where an expiation notice is issued for an offence. This offence will also incur immediate loss of licence for 6 months.
A second offence within 5 years requires an alcohol interlock to be fitted at the end of the disqualification period. This offence will also incur immediate loss of licence for 12 months. An alcohol interlock is also required at the end of the disqualification period.
Where alcohol is involved, an alcohol interlock is also required at the end of the disqualification period. The table below shows some of the penalties that apply only to holders of a Learner's Permit or Provisional Licence. Information on changes to the drink and drug driving laws from 22 February can be found on the Towards Zero Together website.
Severe penalties apply to drivers who commit drink and drug driving offences in South Australia. Penalties may include fines, licence disqualification, demerit points and even imprisonment in some cases.
These penalties are designed to send a clear message to drivers about the severity of drinking or taking drugs and operating a motor vehicle and highlight the danger these drivers present to themselves and the safety of other road users.
The penalty table below outlines the current drink and drug driving penalties in South Australia. Driving with prescribed concentration of alcohol in blood section 47B of the Road Traffic Act Note that these sanctions are not available where an expiation notice is issued for the offence.
Previous offences — Where a person commits a drink driving offence and has committed any of the offences listed in the tables above within the previous five years, that person is dealt with as a second offender, whether or not both offences are in the same category.
When do points expire? General road traffic offences Offence Demerit points failing to stop for red traffic light 3 using a mobile phone while driving 3 failing to wear seatbelt - driver 3 failing to stop at a stop sign or line at an intersection 3 driving with no 'P' or 'L' plates affixed 2 driving an unregistered vehicle on the road fine only driving at night or in hazardous weather without effective lights 1 For expiation fee information see Expiations or Paying a traffic expiation notice.
The warning notice shows: offence details the date each offence was committed the number of demerit points for each offence. See Disqualifications and suspensions for more information on: reasons your licence can be disqualified or suspended what to do if you receive a disqualification notice disqualification types, how long you will be disqualified for and appeal options.
For a camera offence, the expiation notice is issued to the registered owner of the vehicle. If they accept the expiation, the demerit points will be allocated to them.
The registered owner can nominate another driver if they were not driving the vehicle when an offence is detected. Demerit points will not be recorded against a driver until the expiation is paid. Demerit points are not incurred for parking infringements, driving an unregistered vehicle, or driving without a valid licence. However, financial penalties still apply for these offences. Demerit points can be incurred for some offences committed interstate.
Double demerit points for a single offence do not exist for offences committed in South Australia. Using your mySA GOV account, you can pay a fee and get an official driver licence report showing: licence status licence classes demerit points offences for the past 10 years. Service SA will respond within three working days.
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