You'll have to pay the expiation fee or go to court and you'll incur demerit points. The more demerit points you accumulate, the quicker you'll lose your licence.
For example, you could be disqualified from driving if you:
For information about road traffic offence penalties refer to the mylicence web site.
The risk of a casualty crash approximately doubles with each 5 km/h increase in speed on a 60 km/h road or with each 10 km/h increase in speed on a 110 km/h road.
A reduction of 5 km/h in average travel speed would reduce deaths and serious injuries on rural roads by about 30% and urban crashes by about 25%.
A range of factors are taken into account when expiation fees and demerit points for road traffic offence penalties are set. These include the demonstrated road safety risk and parity of the existing penalty and the proposed penalty with other penalties (both in traffic offences and generally) in South Australia and other Australian jurisdictions.
Penalties are a critical part of the mix of speed limit enforcement necessary to save lives and reduce injuries on our roads. The number of speeding offenders has reduced in recent years with a declining road toll but almost a quarter of motorists still exceed the speed limit. The speed offence penalties reflect the safety risk and are likely to be a greater deterrent because the higher the speed, the greater the risk of losing your licence from the accumulation of demerit points.
The higher expiation fee for speeding road trains recognises that the crash risk is even higher when these heavy vehicles speed. This is because the greater vehicle mass generates more vehicle momentum which increases the distance it takes to stop the vehicle in order to avoid a crash. Court imposed maximum penalties will increase from $2,500 to $5,000 for speeding offences under the Australian Road Rules and for road trains exceeding either the prescribed speed limit (road trains) of the 40 km/h speed limit in a built-up area in Orroroo, Peterborough, Port Augusta or Whyalla.
Apart from the $60 victims of crime levy, all revenue from anti-speeding devices is returned to road safety through the Community Road Safety Fund, which funds a wide range of key road safety initiatives including education, engineering and enforcement programs to improve road safety for all road users.
Speeding penalties is just one of the ways we're working to save lives and injuries on South Australia's roads. Safe system principles are used to integrate safer speeds with other methods of intervention including improvements to road infrastructure, driver behaviour and vehicle technology.
For more information visit Towards Zero Together South Australia's Road Safety Strategy 2020.
Additional vehicles registered in South Australia have now been identified as having been fitted with a “critical” Takata airbag, and will be refused registration to ensure the safety of all road users.
As part of the Regency Road to Pym Street Project there will be a temporary partial closure of the South Road and Regency Road intersection from 5am Monday, 4 January, to 5am Monday, 11 January, weather permitting.
As part of the Darlington Upgrade Project, night and weekend works will be undertaken in the lowered motorway and on South Road to install the final layer of asphalt and line marking.
Motorists are advised of upcoming partial closures of the Heysen Tunnels to allow for essential safety maintenance works.