Australia's worst ever driver racks up 1,606 demerit points in just four months - enough to lose his licence 123 times - and $114,000 in fines

A French national who racked up an incredible 1,606 demerit points in four months has fled Australia and may never be held accountable for his dangerous behaviour.

The man suspected of using fake French documents to get a NSW provisional licence racked up so many demerit points that it was enough to lose his licence 123 times.

He was also fined $114,485, but not a cent of that has been paid and nor is it likely to be as chances are he won't be returning to Australia.

The 355 offences he committed in a four month period between December 2023 and April 2024 averaged out at more than three every day.

Incredibly, the driver was stopped by NSW Police on 11 penalties issued. However, an individual's traffic record is not updated in real time on the police system.

The Demerit Point Integrity Taskforce has vowed to crack down on such criminality and Transport for NSW (TfNSW) is working with the French consulate to try to identify and prevent fraud, the Daily Telegraph reported.

In a similar case, another French national accumulated 553 demerit points before fleeing Australia when the authorities, and the police computer system eventually caught up with him.

It's not just migrants flouting the system.

A man from Ultimo in inner-city Sydney racking up enough demerit points in one day last June to lose his license almost 11 times over.

He was caught speeding 15 times, running red lights twice and unlawfully using his phone, earning him 141 demerit points as it was a holiday weekend and double demerits were in place.

In a three month period, he committed 123 driving offences, which amounted to 580 demerit points.

His licence has since been cancelled.

NSW Roads Minister John Graham said some foreign nationals are getting away with their driving offences by leaving the country before the law catches up with them.

'Racking up more than 1,600 demerit points is unimaginably reckless,' Mr Graham told the Daily Telegraph.

'The magnitude of offending – and the threat is poses to road safety – is quite frankly shocking.

'I want to assure the 6.9million licence holders in NSW that the system will remain fair and user-friendly.

'But we are no longer going to be taken advantage of by a tiny fraction of fly-in fly-out rule breakers.'