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Demerit Points

About demerit points

Your traffic history records any offences for which you’ve been found guilty relating to road rules, drunk driving, drug driving, dangerous driving or vehicle registration. With each offence, demerit points apply, which can have negative consequences when too many have been accumulated. Don’t lose your job because you can’t drive to work due to accumulating too many demerit points!
Demerit Points

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 seven demerit points in three years.

If 12 or more demerit points are recorded against your traffic history in three years, 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 one 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 (defined as going 40km or more over the speed limit), your licence will be immediately suspended for six 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.
Immediate Loss of Licence

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