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    Statute of limitations regarding 3 month license suspension?

    So, the question I have is..........

    It's all hypothetical of course
    Let's say someone gets there license suspended for 3 months for being a naughty boy. My understanding is that either the police have to physically collect your license from you. Or a bailiff will have to serve you the paperwork.
    Do the authorities have to do this in a certain timeframe? Say what if they did not catch up with the naughty person for 2 years. Can they still impose the 3 month ban?

    Just a thought I would tap into the huge amount of brainpower in the forum.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Digitdion View Post
    So, the question I have is..........

    It's all hypothetical of course
    Let's say someone gets there license suspended for 3 months for being a naughty boy. My understanding is that either the police have to physically collect your license from you. Or a bailiff will have to serve you the paperwork.
    Do the authorities have to do this in a certain timeframe? Say what if they did not catch up with the naughty person for 2 years. Can they still impose the 3 month ban?

    Just a thought I would tap into the huge amount of brainpower in the forum.
    Cheers
    So what you really want to know is, where can you hide for 2 years.
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    When the Government makes rules they tend to make them to their advantage, not to ours. It's only a wild uneducated guess, but if you were not contactable the time limit, if any, would not apply. In the case of a drivers licence, you could probably also be charged with an offence for failing to notify your change of address which is the case for a firearms licence.
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    There is no limit on the time frame for them to catch up with you. I kept telling the bailiff I wasn't home when he knocked on the door. When I finally grew up and accepted the paperwork, the look on his face was priceless.

    If it's demerit points, they just keep coming round. If it's court ordered, they take it on the spot if you're there.

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    Statute of limitations only applies to minor charges like careless driving etc

    As others said you need to just take whats coming and deal with it.
    Don't be like the fool at a place I worked at, was same as you, evaded for two years or so. Then the tool bought himself a new mitsi evo and put his new address on rego papers, snapped!!!
    He was a night shift driver, cops knocked on his door at 2pm and took his licence away. Boss was very pissed to have 3 hours notice of no driver available.

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    The way the system works.

    When you first clock up 100 a letter is produced and it goes to process servers to serve. If they make 3 attempts and can't find you, your name gets entered on the Police system.

    Next time (and it doesn't matter how long it takes) you get dealt with by Police (no, you don't even have to be driving a vehicle), they can serve you with a 3 month suspension commencing on the spot.

    There are a series of warnings. When you get a ticket carrying demerits, that's the first warning. If you get another one, that's the second warning. As son as you get enough tickets to mount up to 100 points, that's the end of the warnings.

    Reading between the lines, don't do shit that carries demerits.

    http://www.nzta.govt.nz/licence/offe...s/demerit.html

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    Quote Originally Posted by rastuscat View Post
    Reading between the lines, don't do shit that carries demerits.
    *stop for cops.

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    Quote Originally Posted by rastuscat View Post
    The way the system works.

    When you first clock up 100 a letter is produced and it goes to process servers to serve. If they make 3 attempts and can't find you, your name gets entered on the Police system.

    Next time (and it doesn't matter how long it takes) you get dealt with by Police (no, you don't even have to be driving a vehicle), they can serve you with a 3 month suspension commencing on the spot.

    There are a series of warnings. When you get a ticket carrying demerits, that's the first warning. If you get another one, that's the second warning. As son as you get enough tickets to mount up to 100 points, that's the end of the warnings.

    Reading between the lines, don't do shit that carries demerits.

    http://www.nzta.govt.nz/licence/offe...s/demerit.html
    Definitely more demerits available than I knew about. There would be a few threads on here where people might change their tune about registration, helmet replacement, speed when travelling below posted limit etc if they took the time to peruse this list.
    I definitely think with how rapidly the law changes these days a scratch and win (or computer equivalent should be part of renewing your license.
    Even if you allowed people to do it from home with unlimited free attempts.
    I always find it amazing how poor the average users understanding of road rules is.
    Sometimes including my own.


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    They have road rules now?
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    Quote Originally Posted by HenryDorsetCase View Post
    They have road rules now?
    I like to think of them as guidelines, and play a little game called 'spot the cop, before he spots me'.

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    Re changes to the rules, I work in that field, and even I can't keep up with the changes.

    On another point, I've written to various ministers over the years but to no avail. Basically I've been banging my head on a brick wall.

    The disparity of demerit point application is staggering.

    You get points for having a noisy vehicle, but none for not wearing a seatbelt.

    Better yet, you get points for not relicensing your vehicle, but none for going through a red or yellow light.

    Go figure.

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    Quote Originally Posted by rastuscat View Post
    The disparity of demerit point application is staggering.

    You get points for having a noisy vehicle, but none for not wearing a seatbelt.

    Better yet, you get points for not relicensing your vehicle, but none for going through a red or yellow light.

    Go figure.
    figure?
    $255 million collected in 2011. 710* million "outstanding"
    numbers you can fucking bank on.

    to say nothing of the jews that got paid from issuing to collection. fuck yes. justice and shit!
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    Quote Originally Posted by rastuscat View Post
    There are a series of warnings. When you get a ticket carrying demerits, that's the first warning. If you get another one, that's the second warning. As son as you get enough tickets to mount up to 100 points, that's the end of the warnings.
    You also get a letter in the mail from NZTA when you go past 50 demerits. You can also ring Driver Licensing to find out how many you've collected.

    As said, they'll try to find you at home, then if encouraged enough, ring you to arrange a time (then show up before then anyway - surprise, still wasn't home ) to collect your licence. They'll also visit on weekends.

    If all of that fails, yep, it's in the system and instead you can have it removed roadside any time by the police.
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    Thanks for all the replies. I am not sure if any of you know what you are talking about, but it's all good. Classic too that some of you seem to add 2 plus 2 and get 68 when it comes to the details as in hypothetical.
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