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Unlicensed, Suspended & Disqualified Driving South East Queensland's Traffic Offence Experts We help hardworking people just like you everyday. It is not unusual for honest and ethical members of the community to be pulled over by the police, only to find that they have been driving on a suspended licence, even though they were never notified of the suspension. This happens all the time to good people just like you. Once a person has accumulated too many demerit points, Queensland Transport will send a letter to their last known address telling them to choose between a 1 year 2 point 'Good Behaviour' licence, or a 3 month suspension. If that person has changed address, they will never receive the letter, and because they will never get a chance to respond, their licence will automatically become suspended, and they never receive notification of that either. This can also happen where a person has forgotten to pay their speeding fines, and a temporary suspension has been imposed as a result. It is our role is 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. In some circumstances, we are also able to negotiate with the police, which results in our client's charge either being dropped or reduced. 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 suspension period, a lower fine, and in special circumstances - no conviction recorded. We also help people just like you who have been charged with driving on all other forms of suspended and disqualified licences. If you have been charged with Suspended or Disqualified Driving call us for a free no-obligation case appraisal on 1300 947 352 anytime 24 hours a day 7 days a week. We charge a fixed fee for our services, which we will discuss with you during your free case appraisal. We appear at all courts throughout South East Queensland (all courts within 250km of Brisbane). |
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Drink Driving - Unlicensed Driving - Suspended Driving - Disqualified Driving - Careless Driving
Dangerous Driving - Drink Driving Work Licences - Special Hardship Licences
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.
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