For all types of traffic offences in Queensland, demerit points apply and may be recorded on your traffic history.
Your traffic history is a record of any offences for which you’ve been found guilty relating to road rules, drink-driving, drug-driving, dangerous driving or vehicle registration.
Don’t lose your job because you can’t drive to work because you have accumulated too many demerit points!
The team at Gold Coast Traffic Lawyer appreciate how important your Drivers Licence is and are here to assist you so that you can either stay on the road or have the shortest disqualification period possible given your present circumstances.
How many demerit points can I accumulate?
If you hold a Queensland open licence you may receive a warning letter when you gain at least 7 demerit points in a 3 year period.
If 12 or more demerit points are recorded against your traffic history in a 3 year period, you will be sent an ‘Accumulation of Demerit Points – Notice to Choose’.
The choice is between:
- having your open licence suspended for a requisite period, or
- agreeing to continue driving under a period of good behaviour for 1 year.
The demerit points schedule for traffic offences incurring demerit points is here.
Immediate Loss of Licence
Aside from suspension of your licence due to accumulation of demerit points, there are some scenarios whereby loss of licence can be immediate without demerit points.
For offences such as a high speed offence (which is define as going 40km or more over the speed limit), your licence will be immediately suspended for 6 months.
This applies to all types of licences.
If your licence is suspended but you still need to drive for work or some other reason, in limited circumstances you may be able to apply for a special hardship order.
What to do next
Experienced representation could be the difference between you walking out of court or being escorted to the watch-house.
It is important that you have legal representation that is experienced in dealing with traffic law offences.
When you have never needed a lawyer before, it’s difficult to know who to trust, what to expect and how much to pay. At Gold Coast Traffic Lawyer, you will not only get the security of fixed cost legal representation – you will have lawyers who care about you and the outcome. Our Lawyers became lawyers to help people – people just like you.
You know that your ability to work depends on your licence. And that you need to do everything that you can so that you don’t lose it, or have your disqualification period kept at a minimum.