Craig HillHabitual Traffic Offenders
May 17th 2006 08:02
from www.morguefile.com
I am no saint. I have had parking tickets, speeding fines and even been through a red light once or twice. No doubt, most of us are guilty of committing traffic offences once in awhile. However, I must admit, whenever I do get hit with a painful $260 fine, I make an effort, for the sake of my pockets, to make sure it doesn’t happen again.
But then there are the habitual traffic offenders (HTO). They are the ones who commit the more serious offences such as reckless driving, driving under the influence of alcohol or exceeding the speed limit by over 30km/h. A person becomes an HTO if, within a period of 5 years, they have committed 3 or more serious offences on different occasions.
In New South Wales, if the court convicts a person of a traffic offence and declares them an HTO, that person may be disqualified from driving a car for a set number of years. But that’s not all. The RTA also has the power to disqualify you for another 5 years on top of your court sentence.
Moral of the story, boys and girls? Drive sensibly or you could lose the privilege of having your license for a very, very long time.
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