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Most speeding matters start as a penalty notice, but the consequences escalate quickly: demerit points, licence suspension and, for the most serious offences, a court appearance. If your licence matters to your work or family, getting advice before you pay a fine or accept a suspension can change the outcome.
Suspensions for Serious Speeding
Exceeding the speed limit by more than 30 km/h attracts a three month licence suspension. Exceeding it by more than 45 km/h attracts a six month suspension, and police can suspend and confiscate your licence on the spot. Learner and provisional drivers face stricter rules again, with any speeding offence attracting a suspension for P plate holders.
Demerit Points
Speeding offences carry between 1 and 7 demerit points depending on how far over the limit you were, and points are doubled during holiday double demerit periods. Reaching your demerit threshold triggers a separate suspension, and for many drivers it is an accumulation of smaller offences rather than one big one that puts their licence at risk.
Your Options
Depending on your situation, we can lodge a licence appeal against a suspension, elect to take a penalty notice to court to seek a non-conviction outcome under section 10, or defend the alleged speed itself, including challenges to speed detection evidence. For demerit point suspensions, a good behaviour licence election may be available, but it carries real risk and is worth discussing with a lawyer first.
We appear in traffic matters at Local Courts across Sydney daily. Related charges like dangerous driving and police pursuit often start as speeding allegations, and early advice matters most in those cases.
Charged with a serious speeding offence? Call Blackridge Law now.