Licence demerit points

[Grahameeboy]

Well I was conviction free for 25 years, got 100 points in 2 years, last one being 10 days before 2 years was up and got suspended for 3 months.....not saying I am proud but most of us here well exceed 100k's, some get caught some don't but as far as I am concerned I have had fun for 27 years and have no complaints.....I mean total fines $600 or so..I mean where can you get that much fun for 27 years for less I say.....

[Vagabond]

As far as I know mine have all expired and have turned over a new leaf so to speak.

All thanks to "Escort"

Damn those bitches are smart!

[Grahameeboy]

As far as I know mine have all expired and have turned over a new leaf so to speak.

All thanks to "Escort"

Damn those bitches are smart!

"...............Agency".................

[andrea]

hmm umm i always drive and ride at the speed limit?

[Grahameeboy]

hmm umm i always drive and ride at the speed limit?

and looking at your bike I would have no hesitation in believing you........

[awesker]

That was in a cage. I've never had a moving violation on a bike (touch wood) had to talk my way out of a few, though.

woah, you gotta teach me the ways of sweet talking! whats your secret? When I get stopped they dont give a 2nd thought to what Ive got to say D:

maybe I just need to out grow the young dumb hoon on a bike sterotype..

[judecatmad]

they're not too with it up there in North England

Oi! Be nice

[jade]

I lost my liscence last week due to demerit points..
The main one that got me was being clocked at 220km/h..
I had a good cop and didnt lose my liscence for that one... 50 demerits tho

[McJim]

I don't understand exacltly what your saying, licence endoresments are like classes on a licence i.e 1 = licenced to drive a car, 6= licenced to drive a motorcycle and they also cover any special vehicles you are approved to drive.

They have nothing to do with your demerit points??

That sort of pedantic response certainly goes some way towards explaining the results of the poll. Thanks for playing

[geoffm]

Clean at present, but got 2 warnings (back when they used to give out warnings) and 2 tickets in a month. It was a very quiet 2 years following. It woudl have been 3 tickets and 6 months walking (or riding very discreetly) except where I had to pull over wasn't safe so he told me to get going, and I was very lucky, etc.
One of the 2 tix was in a car, and I KNOW I wasn't going that fast (120). Not a cop I woudl trust - shifty little bugger. Other ticket was a fair cop = ruakaka straights, GSXR750, young guy coming back from girlfriends place, etc. Glad he wasn't there the previous week where I was going at "get off and walk speeds"

[pinkhoggirl]

My last ticket was 400 bucks and 50 demerits....I am holding my breath waiting for the knock on the door - it was Keystones fault - I was just trying to keep up! Honest - the fact that I was in front was just a clever ruse...

[apteryx_haasti]

Never had a speeding ticket in cage or on bike (not saying I've never deserved one...). One parking ticket at Dunedin airport for being 13 mins in a 10 min loading zone.

Now THAT'S why they're called PARKING NAZIS...

[Ixion]

Im not being pedantic dude, your talking about licence endorsements and then asking if people have had demerit points....which have nothing do with each other...

I see a bit of it has been edited now however it doesnt take a brain surgeon to figure out you dont get "endorsed" with demerit points.

That would be like having a kick in the nuts for winning a raffle. Or vice versa.

They do in the UK, Used to here too. If you were convicted of a traffic offence your licence (the old paper book ones, before the lifetime paper ones) had a coupon pasted into (the "endorsement") that gave details of what you'd been convicted of. So a traffic cop (was MoT then) could see your history from your licence. Remember, radio was non existent or very crude and limited in range then.

They still have a similar system , I think, in the UK, and the term has continued. Still hear it sometimes here too from older people.

[mattp]

When I was out for a ride in Wellington I was clocked at well into 3figs I went to see the judge he said it was best that the courts hold me DL for 6months and best I give them $500 for the holding fee

[Ixion]

I didnt realise that sorry, pre dates my time! None of the poms i live have heard of it being called that.

Link to explanation of the Pom system http://www.lawontheweb.co.uk/crimertoendorse.htm

One advantage of the endorsement system was that it enabled, eg, employers to instantly see whether a driver had a clean drivers licence (clean, cos no bits of coloured paper stuck in ti!)