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Vehicle Impoundment & Forfeiture South East Queensland's Traffic Offence Experts It is not uncommon for hard working members of the community to be faced with either a vehicle impoundment or a vehicle forfeiture application. Where a person has been charged with a certain type of traffic offence (type 2 offence) for the third time in 3 years, the Police can apply to the court for an order of vehicle impoundment for a period of up to 3 months. Where a person has been charged with a certain type of traffic offence (type 1 offence) for the third time in 3 years, the Police can apply to the court for an order of permanent vehicle forfeiture. We consistently convince Magistrates that an order of community service is a much more appropriate penalty than the impoundment or forfeiture of a person's vehicle. In fact, all our client's have had their vehicles returned to them immediately upon the conclusion of every impoundment and forfeiture application which we have defended. 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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