Driving Offences Articles

If your Queensland driver licence is disqualified for drink driving, the disqualification does not automatically extend to your marine licence, however, the rules are not same if reversed.

On 20 May 2019, the New South Wales Government introduced harsher penalties for drink and drug drivers.

Following Coronial recommendations and lobbying from victims families, Queensland has passed laws creating new offences for careless driving which results in death or serious injury.

Under the Transport Operations (Road Use Management – Driver Licensing) Regulation 1999 a person’s Open driver’s licence is not automatically cancelled if they accumulate 12 or more demerit points in a 3 year period.  The person will instead be issued with a “Notice to Choose” by Queensland Transport. Similarly, holders of Learner’s permits or Provisional…