hey mate, all good.
so i'm a support worker, i drive around disabled people to appointments/shopping/etc. Stupidly on Thursday I was caught fiddling with google maps on my phone at a red light by a motorbike cop, pulled over and whacked with a 10 demerit point hit because its 5 points for phones now and double demerits. I normally have a phone holder like cabbies but it broke a few days earlier and yeah
Other than a 2 point speeding fine in Jan my current record was clean but 10 points is a massive hit, now I have 1 point left to last nearly 3 years. it's gonna be tough as I drive all day for work, I know I'll make a mistake somewhere and likely lose my job.
My question is do you think I could successfully appeal the double demerits part of this incident? 6 points left would be a helluva lot more handy than 1. Is there a lot of subjectivity involved with this? I objectively ****ed up with the phone, but do you think a judge could look favorably on me in the circumstances?
so i'm a support worker, i drive around disabled people to appointments/shopping/etc. Stupidly on Thursday I was caught fiddling with google maps on my phone at a red light by a motorbike cop, pulled over and whacked with a 10 demerit point hit because its 5 points for phones now and double demerits. I normally have a phone holder like cabbies but it broke a few days earlier and yeah
Other than a 2 point speeding fine in Jan my current record was clean but 10 points is a massive hit, now I have 1 point left to last nearly 3 years. it's gonna be tough as I drive all day for work, I know I'll make a mistake somewhere and likely lose my job.
My question is do you think I could successfully appeal the double demerits part of this incident? 6 points left would be a helluva lot more handy than 1. Is there a lot of subjectivity involved with this? I objectively ****ed up with the phone, but do you think a judge could look favorably on me in the circumstances?