Demerit checks.

[Rogue Rider]

Too find out your demerits call the 0800 number in the first post. Well worth knowing if you know you have some.

[Max Preload]

iam on 100!

most of it incurred in 2008 before getting my full 3 months ago...

2x L plate not displayed (when on GSF400)
1x1000cc while on restricted
1x61kmk/h in cage

I didn't realise any GDL breaches carried demerits until an amendment last year.

NZTA agent was knocking on my door few times last month to serve me with disqualification i assume...but unfortunately i wasnt at home any of those times

Getting all my "L plate" points back in august...but not sure how that works once the disqualification is "in motion"...

either way going to europe for couple of months in aug-sep so will probably "hand myself in" since i wont need licence then, so i have clean slate for summer

Yeah, you'll still have to 'serve' the suspension no matter how long you evade them.

bad boys bad boys what you gona do? what you gona do when they come for you?

Not answering the door seems to work pretty well...

you need to be ticket free for 2 years for them to expire. if you have 50 demerits from 18 months ago, and get another 30 today, you have 80 demerits from today, which expire in 2 years.

Cancellation and reinstatement of demerit points

• (1) When 2 years have elapsed since the commission of an offence in respect of which demerit points were recorded, the entry of the points made in respect of that offence ceases to have effect in relation to the person who committed that offence; but if demerit points were recorded in respect of 2 or more offences committed by that person, the entry ceases to have effect when 2 years have elapsed since the commission of the most recent of those offences
  

While you're correct in the quote that's not how it actually works in reality. I'm not sure why. I think I knew once, but I've forgotten. I think it was something to do with the term 'entry' used.

[miloking]

I didn't realise any GDL breaches carried demerits until an amendment last year.

Yep breaches of licence condition always did...well at least L plates did.

Yeah, you'll still have to 'serve' the suspension no matter how long you evade them.

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That kind of sucks but i suspected thats how it works..., i guess i will pop over to court and pick up a form for limited licence and then hand myself in once i have it... just so i have something to drive with before going overseas

BTW not answering door works the treat..what a lame system realy, they probably passed it back to police so next licence check means also suspension....

[marty]

you can only apply for a LL after 28 days of your suspension started.

[Banditbandit]

Woohoo, the last of my demerits expired today, so now back on zero...... Was running on 95 for last 6 months, and very relieved that the 2 year duration limit is now concluded.

It's a horrible feeling being so close to the limit. Every time a popo pulls you over your as nervous as hell, and hoping like heck he don't ping you for anything.......

iam on 100!

most of it incurred in 2008 before getting my full 3 months ago...

2x L plate not displayed (when on GSF400)
1x1000cc while on restricted
1x61kmk/h in cage

I know that feeling well. I was sitting on 100 points for a while ... very freaky ... then one dropped off and I was down to 75 ... so I thought I could afford one more ticket ... but then I got stung on the Napier-Taupo Road in April at 136 ks ... 50 demerit points ... 50 !!!! ... so now I'm walking until September ... 125 points inside 24 months ...

But worse ... I also got stung later in April (before LTSA caught up with me) at 109 klicks heading for Whakatane around the Rotorua Lakes in an 80 klick zone ... 35 points ... those points don't drop off with my suspension ... so I won't be starting from zero when I get my licence back ... I'll still have 35 demerits ...

I think I'll invest in a radar detector !!!!

[YellowDog]

Is there not a website to check your points that you can go to?

[spookytooth]

Is there not a website to check your points that you can go to?

not that i could find but the ph# call is painless,even for me and i hate using phones

[spookytooth]

lagg dubble post

[miloking]

you can only apply for a LL after 28 days of your suspension started.

oh thanks i forgot about that, well there is no much point getting one then...i will have to survive that month before going overseas somehow, scabbing rides from people or dare to say it..public transport...

[Max Preload]

you can only apply for a LL after 28 days of your suspension started.

That's only if suspended by the court. In the case of a demerit suspension, you can apply immediately.

Is there not a website to check your points that you can go to?

No.

[miloking]

That's only if suspended by the court. In the case of a demerit suspension, you can apply immediately.

cheers, i will look into it then... i work various hours even nights so there is no public transport so should qualify due to potential "hardship"

[Max Preload]

cheers, i will look into it then... i work various hours even nights so there is no public transport so should qualify due to potential "hardship"

In fact, even some court imposed suspensions don't carry the 28-day clause.

[Gremlin]

I *think* its for losses 6 months or greater? (28 days that is). Miloking, the hardship is to others, not yourself (its a punishment after all). I believe I got one of the most lenient LL, 6 days a week, 9am. To midnight, greater auckland, but it was a hard slog. There is a thread somewhere with details.

[Max Preload]

I *think* its for losses 6 months or greater? (28 days that is). Miloking, the hardship is to others, not yourself (its a punishment after all). I believe I got one of the most lenient LL, 6 days a week, 9am. To midnight, greater auckland, but it was a hard slog. There is a thread somewhere with details.

Specific offences. See here.

[ukusa]

iam on 100!

most of it incurred in 2008 before getting my full 3 months ago...

2x L plate not displayed (when on GSF400)
1x1000cc while on restricted
1x61kmk/h in cage

NZTA agent was knocking on my door few times last month to serve me with disqualification i assume...but unfortunately i wasnt at home any of those times

Getting all my "L plate" points back in august...but not sure how that works once the disqualification is "in motion"...

either way going to europe for couple of months in aug-sep so will probably "hand myself in" since i wont need licence then, so i have clean slate for summer

It's always seemed odd to me that we pay for separate licences, but when it comes to tickets, the demerits get all added together regardless of what you're on.
eg. you could potentially lose your licence for not displaying an L plate on your motorbike (if you get enough of them), but that then means your not allowed to drive a car even if you have never had a ticket ever in a car.