QLD Will I Lose My Drivers Licence?

[Buble]

Hello,

I am married with 3 small children under 5 and am the single money earner and my job as a salesman means I travel a lot. I have about 2-3 months (think end of Jan) to go on a 12-month good behaviour bond after accumulating 12 demerit points. This week I got pulled over by an unmarked cop who gave me a ticket for doing 105kms in a 100km zone, a single point offence. He said the fine will come in the mail.

If I left the fine unpaid for a couple of months until the bond had expired and then paid it, would that save me from losing my drivers licence? Does only one point accumulated mean I will lose my licence? TMR.qld.gov.au is confusing because it says what will happen if you accumulate 2 or more points however, nothing if you accumulate 1?

I believe I could argue the case because the cop was following me and claimed I was doing 105kms, never showed me any proof as such, I would prefer to avoid court however.

The other thing is my drivers licence is due for renewal in January. Is there any loopholes there...?

I really just want to avoid losing my licence.

Please help!

 

[Lance]

Transport Operations (Road Use Management—Driver Licensing) Regulation 2010 S79 (4) basically says that you are of good behaviour as long as you don't get more than 1 demerit point awarded to you within the year, hence why they state if you accumulate 2 points the further penalty happens. You should be fine as long as you don't do anything else before the end of January.