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Double demerit blunder

Design flaws in mobile phone and seatbelt cameras that unfairly applied double-demerit points to certain offenders has prompted an independent review.

The fault resulted in drivers having double demerit points incorrectly applied for a passenger seatbelt offence captured by the cameras between 1 November 2021 and 31 August 2023.

For some people this resulted in their licence being suspended incorrectly or drivers serving a “good driving behaviour period”.

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