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Table of offences

Here are the demerit points for driving offences.
7 points
* Failing to remain at the scene of a collision
* Failing to stop for police
6 points
* Careless driving
* Racing
* Exceeding the speed limit by 50 km/h or more
* Failing to stop for a school bus
5 points
* Driver of bus failing to stop at unprotected railway crossing
4 points
* Exceeding the speed limit by 30 to 49 km/h
* Following too closely
3 points
* Exceeding the speed limit by 16 to 29 km/h
* Driving through, around or under a railway crossing barrier
* Failing to yield the right-of-way
* Failing to obey a stop sign, traffic light or railway crossing signal
* Failing to obey traffic control stop sign
* Failing to obey traffic control slow sign
* Failing to obey school crossing stop sign
* Failing to obey the directions of a police officer
* Driving the wrong way on a divided road
* Failing to report a collision to a police officer
* Improper driving where road is divided into lanes
* Crowding the driver’s seat
* Going the wrong way on a one-way road
* Driving or operating a vehicle on a closed road
* Crossing a divided road where no proper crossing is provided
* Failing to slow and carefully pass a stopped emergency vehicle
* Failing to stop at a pedestrian crossing
* Failing to move, where possible, into another lane when passing a stopped emergency vehicle
* Driving a vehicle that is equipped with or carrying a speed measuring warning device (such as a radar detector)
* Improper use of a high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane
2 points
* Failing to lower headlight beam
* Improper opening of a vehicle door
* Prohibited turns
* Towing people — on toboggans, bicycles, skis, for example
* Failing to obey signs
* Failing to share the road
* Improper right turn
* Improper left turn
* Failing to signal
* Unnecessary slow driving
* Reversing on a highway
* Driver failing to wear a seatbelt
* Driver failing to ensure infant passenger is secured
* Driver failing to ensure toddler passenger is secured
* Driver failing to ensure child is secured
* Driver failing to ensure passenger less than 16 years is wearing seatbelt
* Driver failing to ensure passenger less than 16 years is occupying a position with a seatbelt

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