PunkDebutante

I am curious. Per a previous thread I got two tickets 3 minutes apart and have paid them. I am now much more cautious about my driving and the slower speed limits here. My question is how long do the demerits stay on your record in Queensland? My colleagues at work are divided between 2 or 3 years. I know it is 3 years for other states but curious about Queensland.

Kim67

This info should answer your question.

Open licence holders

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 'Accumulation of Demerit Points – Notice to Choose' will advise you to choose between:

having your open licence suspended for a requisite period
or
agreeing to continue driving under a period of good behaviour for 1 year.
You may notify the department of your choice by either:

using the department's online service Notify Demerit Point Enforcement Choice
or
present the Notification of Driver Licence Enforcement Option – in Person Nomination (form F4012) at a Department of Transport and Main Roads customer service centre, authorised Queensland Government Agency Program office, or a licence-issuing police station.
If you choose to continue driving under a period of good driving behaviour for 1 year, you may keep your current licence provided that you do not accumulate more than 1 demerit point during the 1 year period.

If you accumulate 2 or more demerit points during this period, your licence will be suspended for double the requisite suspension period that would have applied had you taken the licence suspension in the first place.

Sources:

http://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/Licensing/...it-points.aspx

http://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/~/media/Li...le_nov2012.pdf

neil248

The infringement stays on your driving record forever.

Be very careful as certain offences get double the original demerits if you commit the same offence again wthin 12 mths.

After being done a while ago looked into it and wonder how anybody in Queensland holds on to their licence. Oh silly me, many don't have one and a great
many young males seem to have it taken off them at some point, much to the inconvenience of whoever has to take them to work every day for six months.

Chortlepuss

My hubby is a pretty cautious driver (I'm a nervous passenger who nags when over speed limit, awful I know). On most drives he is in the slow lane (not that there is a slow lane here with undertaking), and I would say at least 90% of drivers go faster than him. In the 7 years we have been here, he has got 3 speeding tickets. His mates at work just take the mick, saying 'don't you know where the cameras are?' They drive full pelt and slow down for the cameras... No excuse for speeding - but it seems that the key to holding on to your licence is learning where you're likely to be caught, and not worrying so much about safety..

zultan

what a crock, don't speed don't get a ticket.

The Bloke

Unfortunatly you're right. The trouble with mobile speed cameras is they are now easy to spot, especially if you know where they are set up, even in unmarked vans, they are becoming recognisable since the cops use the same ones in the same places.
With fixed and mobile cameras, I can roughly tell where they are now by watching the cars ahead of me slow down to 90-95kph (or 100-105kph where applicable), then speed up once out of range.

KJCherokee

I've had one in 30 years, and that was in Victoria. In 14 years living in Queensland I've never had one - and that isn't because I drive everywhere at a snail's pace.

Toe Dipper

..... you get the bus everywhere now?