Western Australia is the only state where drivers don't yet get demerit points for speeding less than 10km/h over the speed limit, and experts say that needs to change.
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"At 5km/h above the limit the risk of a casualty crash has doubled, when you get up to 10km/h it's up to seven or eight times the risk."
"Many drivers drive at that speed so when you put the large number of drivers together with a small risk you get a substantial contribution to serious road crashes."
While drivers are currently fined for low level speeding, the threat of demerits would be more effective in changing behaviour,
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