Scenario: phone at the stop street
A hypothetical morning commute where two common notices stack — 6 final points against the 15-point threshold.
Hypothetical illustration. Not a real person’s record. Demerit enforcement (Act ss 24–28) was not proclaimed as of August 2026 — totals are educational.
Premise
A full-licence driver in a Phase 2 AARTO municipality receives two infringement notices from the same urban trip: one for holding a phone while driving, one for failing to comply with a stop sign (roadworthy-vehicle class wording). Starting modelled balance: 0 final points.
Ledger
| Event | Code | Points | Status | Running final | To 15 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Handheld phone while operating vehicle | 5085 | 3 | Final | 3 | 12 |
| Failed to comply with stop sign (RWC) | 4201 | 3 | Final | 6 | 9 |
Maths: 3 + 3 = 6 final points. Distance to the regulation 20(6) threshold: 9 points.
Decision beats (status, not advice)
- If either notice were still inside an open process, we would mark it Pending and the running final total would drop by that row’s points.
- Paying the monetary penalties would not, by itself, rewrite Schedule 3 column 6 — see fine vs demerits.
- “It was only a stop street” understates the stack when a second 3-point code is final too.
Schedule wording (pinned)
- 5085: Operated a vehicle while a cellular or mobile telephone was held in one or both hands or with any other part of the body
- 4201: Failed to comply with the directions conveyed by a stop sign. RWC
Open this stack in the calculator →
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