Crackdown on Bad Drivers Paying to Keep Their Licence

Crackdown on Bad Drivers Paying to Keep Their Licence
Cars from Victoria enter the southern New South Wales (NSW) border city of Albury, in Victoria, Australia, on July 7, 2020. William West/AFP via Getty Images
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Thousands of people scared of losing their licence, and possibly a job, have paid others to take the demerit points for their infringements, according to someone who has profited from the scam.

But the New South Wales (NSW) government has vowed to crackdown on the practise with a review of the state’s demerit points system also now underway.