Barron & Allen Lawyers Mackay are passionate about cars and want to keep our car enthusiasts up to date on the law. Here is #2 of our Top 10 driving law count down. #2 Demerit points – The old days of having so many points and losing them when you commit a traffic offence are gone. In Queensland, you start with zero points and demerit points are added to your traffic record when you commit certain offences. The demerit point period is now much longer.
For open licence holders, you will be sent a Notice by the Transport Department if, within a 3 year period, you get 12 or more demerit points. You need to choose between taking a licence suspension (e.g. 3-month suspension for 12-15 demerit point) or good a behaviour period for 1 year. P platers will get the notice for 4 or more points. That’s just once being caught on the phone!
Barron & Allen Lawyers Mackay are passionate about cars and want to keep our car enthusiasts up to date on the law. Here is #3 of our Top 10 driving law count down. #3 Displaying P plates – P1 & P2 drivers must display a P plate while driving. Unfortunately, demerit points loss of licence is easily caused by an accumulation of points for failing to display P plates. It’s 2 points and a $213 fine for not displaying a clearly legible P plate.
What’s clearly legible?
Displayed so the letter P can be clearly seen at the front and back of the car (rear only for motorcycles) from 20 metres away. There are also rules about the size and colour of the P plate sign. A word of caution for P platers to be careful of displaying P plates on the back window with dark tinting, as this may result in police saying the sign cannot be clearly seen from 20 metres away.
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Article Source: https://cqcc.com.au/driving-law-count-down-2-demerit-points/
