Other Offences

We are South East Queensland's Traffic Offence Experts

We help hard working people just like you everyday.

It is not unusual for honest and ethical members of the community to make the one off mistake of being charged with a traffic offence.

Sometimes a person will do something which they did not know was unlawful, other times people are just unlucky.

Good people like you are charged with a whole range of traffic offences everyday.

It is our role to convince the court that you are a hard working and upstanding member of the community who has made a one off error of judgment for which you are deeply remorseful, and for which you should not be penalised harshly.

We prepare our submissions to the court by asking you a number of key questions about who you are, what you do, your family life, your contributions to the community, and about the circumstances under which you made your mistake.

We then combine this information with our legal expertise to present a case to the court which in most instances results in the lightest penalty possible.

As a result of our high standard of legal representation, our clients leave the court time and time again with the best possible outcome.

We consistently achieve for our clients a lower or no suspension period, a lower fine, and in special circumstances - no conviction recorded.

If you have been charged with any kind of Traffic Offence (for which you have to go to court) call us for a no-obligation chat on 1300 WISE LAW (1300 947 352) anytime 24 hours a day 7 days a week.

We appear at all courts throughout South East Queensland (all courts within 500km of Brisbane).

The penalties for drink driving can be quite severe, depending on the drink driver’s blood alcohol concentration (BAC) and the drink driver’s traffic history. The severity of the penalty obviously escalates along with the drink driver’s blood alcohol concentration. The penalties for drink driving usually comprise of both a driver’s licence disqualification, along with a fine. However, the Magistrate can also hand down an order of community service or probation, an intensive correction order, a wholly suspended term of imprisonment, imprisonment with immediate parole, or a term of actual imprisonment to be served.

Where an open licensed drink driver’s blood alcohol concentration is below 0.15%, the drink driver’s licence will be disqualified for a period of between 1 and 9 months. Where a non-open licensed drink driver’s blood alcohol concentration is below 0.15%, the drink driver’s licence will be disqualified for a period of between 3 and 9 months. In both instances the drink driver will face a maximum fine of $1,400.00.

Where drink driver’s blood alcohol concentration is over 0.15%, the drink driver’s licence will be disqualified for a period of between 6 months and 5 years. The drink driver will also face a fine of up to $2,800.00. Where a drink driver is convicted of having had a blood alcohol concentration over 0.15% on 3 occasions within a 5 year period, imprisonment forms a mandatory part of the penalty.

Certain drink drivers may be eligible to apply for a special work licence, which allows the drink driver to continue driving for work purposes only throughout their disqualification period. To be eligible to apply for a work licence, the drink driver must be the holder of a Queensland open licence, have a blood alcohol concentration of less than 0.15%, must not have been driving for work purposes when charged, must not have lost their licence throughout the previous 5 years, and must be able to show that they will suffer severe financial hardship if they were not to be permitted to drive during the disqualification period.