A RADICAL proposal to lower speeding fines, but increase demerit points is being flouted by the RACV in a bid to reduce the state's road toll.
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The state's peak motoring body is leading calls for an overhaul of speeding penalties.
It has proposed a similar policy to South Australia, which places greater emphasis on demerit points as a means of cutting the road toll.
RACV road and traffic manager David Jones said the proposal was aimed at getting repeat dangerous drivers off the road.
"If you commit an occasional mistake, then a high level fine is quite a serious impost on you," he told Fairfax radio station 3AW.
"So let's lower the size of the dollar amount of the fine, and increase the demerit points. And the serial offenders will quickly lose their licence.
"But if you make an occasional mistake, you still get hit with a penalty and you will learn from your error we hope."
The state's road toll sits at 234 this year, compared with 235 last year.
At least one third of the deaths on Victorian roads have been linked to speeding.
Mr Jones doubted the state government's response would be favourable, but said it was "not about revenue raising".
"Let's make it about demerit points and get serial offenders off the road," he said.
"South Australia has gone down this path."
In Victoria, low level speeding offences incur a loss one demerit point and a $190 fine.
A similar offence across the border results in the loss of two demerit points.
Comment is being sought from Bendigo Highway Patrol.