Habitual Traffic Offender

Any driver or road user may be declared a habitual traffic offender if he committed and convicted of three relevant offences within a period of five years. A habitual traffic offender is defined in sections 198-203 of the The Road Transport (General) Act. The three relevant offences must be any major offence, or driving while disqualified, or driving in excess of 45 km/h over the designated speed limit or found driving for the second time without ever having been issued a driver’s license. To be convicted of similar offences in another state will also constitute one of the three relevant offences within a period of five years.

Anyone adjudged as a habitual traffic offender will automatically suffer the sentence of licence disqualification for a period of five years. This automatic licence disqualification period will be an additional penalty imposed on top of the existing disqualification period to be served by the convicted driver declared as a habitual offender. The commencement of the automatic disqualification period will be right after the existing disqualification period is duly served and completed by the convicted habitual traffic offender.

Any relevant offence which was committed by the driver within a period of three years which was proved but later dismissed by the court is still considered a conviction.