Expiry of points on licence

[my_e36 43]

as topic...

do they expire 2 year after they are in place (like how frequent flyer miles or FlyBuys points expires)

or

do they drop the points ONLY after 2 years of no more points deducted? (regardless of when your first points were deducted)

I know they will drop the lot if you go over 100 & lose licence. But what if I don't? How & when do I get my points back?

Thanks in advance!

[TronSpec 0]

I'm pretty sure that points accumulate over a 18mth period. If you don't get any demerit points over this period I think you get them wiped clean and start again.

I thinks......

[bravo 34]

It's 2 years. The wording in the road code is ambiguous. I have email LTNZ and asked them as I too would like to know. I'll let you know what they say.

[bravo 34]

The lazy ass mofo's never replied to my email so I rang them. The telephone operator didn't know so I was put through to someone who did. The points expire two years from the date of issue regardless of whether you accrue more points.

If you accrue 100 points in a 2 year time frame, then you face a license suspension. A license suspension of 6 months or more wipes any points you may have sitting there from other offenses, and I assume if you get a 3 month suspension BECAUSE of 100 points, then those points are also wiped.

Edited November 9, 2006 by bravomikewhiskey

[drifty325i 0]

I hope so lol

[cainchapman 0]

If you lose your licence. You start from scratch again.

Otherwise it is a roll-on, roll-off system. If you get a ticket on 1 Jan 2004, it will disappear on 31 Dec 2005. And so on. You can live eternally on 2 tickets. Just remember when you accumulate them. If you work on them being worth 35 points (as they used to be) you should keep your licence.

[my_e36 43]

Cheers for that... gotta be careful now... I'm on 70 points, 9 months to go for my first ticket to reach 2 years.

Edit: typo

Edited November 10, 2006 by my_e36