They wouldn't. Likewise for someone cycling and breaking traffic law: If they don't have a license, no additional penalty beyond the cycling laws ones, but if they do have a drivers' license, they're demerited because, in theory, they should know better since they had to pass the law portion of the drivers test exam.
Or in other words, ignorance of the law is no excuse, but knowledge of the law is worth extra punishment.
They wouldn't. Likewise for someone cycling and breaking traffic law: If they don't have a license, no additional penalty beyond the cycling laws ones, but if they do have a drivers' license, they're demerited because, in theory, they should know better since they had to pass the law portion of the drivers test exam.
Or in other words, ignorance of the law is no excuse, but knowledge of the law is worth extra punishment.