Ur Points

[thrtytwo]

im sitting on 2 points, have been since easter when i lost all 10 in one go with a $300 chaser, got pulled over racing on double demerits haha. i shouldnt laugh, pretty bad really but oh well. only 2 and a bit years til i get some points back

[LoNg_ShaNks]

I got these...

3pts Undue & Excessive

6pts Speeding (48km over)

3pts Undue & Excessive

over 2 years.. get my licence back in 2 weeks

i feel for you man

[LoNg_ShaNks]

So, if I were to loose my license, under 'normal' circumstances you only get a 3 month suspension?

i've been told u have the choice of two options & they r to lose the license for 3 mnths & then i believe (not 100% sure) the demerit points are cleared & u start again back at 0

or

you can choose to go on a good behavior license which allows for 2 demerits over a period of 12mnths

i dont know if these rules will apply to all states & territory's but this was the feedback for qld

[ZENNON]

No. The first time you loose it for accumulation of demerit points your get a letter in the mail saying you have 2 options:

1. No license for 3 months

2. Probation point for 12 months

if you take option 2, ie the probation option, and get caught again (ie loose you one point) then you loose your license for twice the period stated in option 1

[MLCrisis]

sadly I have lost more than one friend to reckless road behaviour. But Life is a journey and for some of us that journey involves learning the hard way and tragically that wisdom sometimes comes at the expense of other peoples well being.

Hi, all. My apologies for not responding earlier. Thank you for your contribution, Mr. Keets, it was such a pleasure to read such a well constructed piece that I almost forgot where I was! I am sorry that your personal lessons have come at such a price. Perhaps wisdom does come with age, as you suggest. Or maybe at least one slows down enough to allow common sense to creep into one's consciousness - for I would not purport to display wisdom, I have merely had the blessing of good fortune to survive this long to learn from my mistakes. Which was really your point, I think.

I have been reminded just this weekend by the actions of a family member of the urges for risk-taking by young men, almost as a right of passage. But that cannot stop the old b'stards like me from endeavouring to ensure that the lesson is learnt.

I'm saddened that you are "...not particularly bothered if you want to go out and kill yourself..." If we fail to pass on the knowledge we are part of the problem....but I don’t buy it, you took the time to post your position on the subject. So good onya for caring. Now if only politicians took that kind of time we might have a solution to the death toll that doesn’t involve crushing cars and alienating our youth.

So, yes, I must care, otherwise I would not have bothered posting in the first place. (Are you sure you are on the right forum, making such astute observations and inferences?!) My point there, though, is that I would not take away from the young goat lovers their right to pursue their risk taking and put themselves at risk, but I would challenge any manner in which they do so that threatens others safety and well-being.

There is also no 'safe public road-race' except for the 'safer' official races ,on roads that are temporarily no longer 'public', like the Gold Coast Indy car/ Clipsal 500 etc... The mere fact that it's a 'public road' means that if you are unlucky in some back road in the hills you may just hit a local drivng home from shift work. You might say " what are the odds of that happening? " , well they are improved by taking yourself out of the numbers.

Rev210, I agree that I cannot argue it is safer to speed in the country than in the suburbs. But logic would support that 70 in a 50 zone is bordering on reckless, whereas 130 in a 110 on an open highway is less so. So it is not safer, but it is less reckless .... ... ... ... !! The inherent weakness in this argument is why we end up with hard and fast lines being drawn. You cannot legislate for discretion in applying the law. The law must draw a line and stick to it. So I take your point.

Which then brings us back to the boring older, wiser b'stards on forums such as this urging the young goat lovers to keep it on the track.

So having painted myself in at least two circles, when is the next track day?

Cheers.

Edited November 22, 2007 by MLCrisis

[catchmydriftr32]

i have been allowed to drive for 5 years, 17 to 21 years old.

i have spent a total of 12 months of this under suspension - not driving / NOT COOL

drink driving when i was young and loss of points just recently.

when you have to walk to work with your skyline or whatever in the driveway it hits you hard

all self inflicted mind you - only my opinion but keep it on the track. i've finally learnt my lesson

[R34GTFOUR]

i lost 10 points in under one week

now i need to wait 3 yrs on just one point, i was seriously considering to do a burnout in front of the cop station just to lose the one point remaining and then go the 3 months license suspension but i didnt

it sucks to be me

haha and you'll be even more pissed of when you loss your licience for 6months for hoon charge and once you get you licience back you still only have 1 point cause thats what happens. My older bro only had 3 points left, got hoon charged, then only had 3points once he got his licience back. It sucks testicles...