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Double the Merits period is on in NSW

Double demerit points apply for speeding, seatbelt, motorcycle helmet and mobile phone offences during all holiday periods such as long weekends, Christmas, New Year and Easter.

A driver has lost 28 demerit points in one incident after her Holden Captiva was stopped at Ourimbah as a part of Operation Tortoise.

Source: NSW Police

Australia Day double the merits is on effect from the 25-1-2019 till 28-1-2019.


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By Jameel Karaki




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