Labour Day double demerits

Double demerit points will apply across the Labour Day long weekend, from Friday 26 February 2021 to Monday 1 March 2021 inclusive.

During holiday periods and long weekends, the WA Police force apply double demerits to all of the following offences:

  • Drink or drug driving
  • Failing to wear a seatbelt and child restraint
  • Running a red light
  • Illegal use of a mobile phone while driving
  • Speeding
  • Driving a motor vehicle fitted with a device designed to evade detection by a speed camera (14 points during double demerits period)
  • Drive a motor vehicle in a manner to evade detection by a speed camera (14 points during double demerits period)

Monetary penalties that accompany the above offences are not doubled during double demerit points periods.


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