Demerit points for illegal mobile phone use while driving to rise from four to five from September

By Murray Trembath
Updated July 18 2018 - 1:38pm, first published 10:58am
Drivers will lose five points for illegal use of a mobile phone. Picture: Ken Robertson
Drivers will lose five points for illegal use of a mobile phone. Picture: Ken Robertson

Drug-driving laws will be broadened to include prescription drugs and the number of demerit points for using a mobile phone while behind the wheel will be increased as part of a road safety crackdown devised in response to last year’s deadly South Coast crash.

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