{"id":9363,"date":"2019-05-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/more-15000-sa-drivers-just-one-offence-away-losing-their-licenses\/"},"modified":"2019-05-16T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-05-16T00:00:00","slug":"more-15000-sa-drivers-just-one-offence-away-losing-their-licenses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/more-15000-sa-drivers-just-one-offence-away-losing-their-licenses\/","title":{"rendered":"More than 15,000 SA Drivers Just ONE Offence Away From Losing Their Licenses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Drivers who already have offences on their records are now one step closer to losing their licenses as the State Government pledges to increase demerit point penalties for problem motorists.<\/p>\n<p>With the state road toll up 60 percent on last year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adelaidenow.com.au\/subscribe\/news\/1\/?sourceCode=AAWEB_WRE170_a_GGL&amp;dest=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.adelaidenow.com.au%2Fnews%2Fsouth-australia%2Fthousands-of-drivers-just-one-minor-offence-away-from-losing-their-licence-as-authorities-launch-new-road-toll-plan%2Fnews-story%2Fe4a9526025e899b105e33d2cd71aab70&amp;memtype=anonymous&amp;mode=premium&amp;v21suffix=51-a\">The Adelaide Advertiser<\/a> reports that authorities are planning to get tough on lawbreakers.<br><br \/>\n\tDrivers lose their licenses when they reach 12 demerit points and new figures released by the Transport Department show 15,283 drivers currently sit at nine points or more.<br><br \/>\n\tAccording to Road Safety Minister Corey Wingard:<br><br \/>\n\t<em>\u201cThe road users who decide to travel 30, 40, 50km\/h or more above the limit is a particular frustration.\u201d<br><br \/>\n\t\u201cThe same goes for repeat offenders who rack up excessive demerit points or motorcyclists who decide to travel without a helmet at similar high speeds.\u2019\u2019<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drivers who already have offences on their records are now one step closer to losing their licenses as the State Government pledges to increase demerit point penalties for problem motorists. With the state road toll up 60 percent on last year, The Adelaide Advertiser reports that authorities are planning to get tough on lawbreakers. 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