Transcript driver improvement program: 3 points

Points and Suspensions
HOW TO LOSE DRIVING
PRIVILEGES:
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Failure to appear in court or to pay fines
Failure to pay surcharges
Driving while suspended
Failure to provide proof of insurance
Physical or mental disqualification
Drug or alcohol use
Repeated traffic law violations
Reckless driving (without regard to life or
property)
• Vehicle abandonment on a public highway at
fault in a fatal accident
**Violation:
• Failure to obey driving
rules and regulations.
Points are given for
MOVING VIOLATIONS:
• Pages 126 – 127 in the NJ Driver Manual
– Speeding:
• 1 – 14 mph over limit: 2 pts.
• 15 – 29 mph over limit: 4 pts.
• 30 or more mph over limit: 5 pt
– Tailgating: 5 pts.
– Failure to give proper signals: 2 pts.
– Leaving scene of accident:
• No personal injury: 2 pts.
• Personal injury: 8 pts.
• Improper Passing: turnpike, Parkway, AC
Expressway: 4 pts.
• Racing on highway: 5 pts.
• Reckless driving: 5 pts.
• Improper passing of a school bus: 5 pts.
• Improper right or left turn: 3 pts.
• Failure to yield at an intersection: 2 pts.
• Improper passing on right or off roadway (
shoulder: 4 pts.
• Failure to yield to an overtaking vehicle: 2 pts.
• operating a vehicle on a public or private
property to avoid a traffic control signal or
sign: 2pts
“THE POINT SYSTEM”
12 or more points within 2 years: will
receive Notice of Scheduled
Suspension. After receiving notice,
motorists can:
• Attend a NJ driver improvement
program
• Request a hearing
• Surrender the driver license for the
suspension period
HOW TO REMOVE POINTS from
license
(never goes below zero)
• driver improvement program: 3 points .
(Can take class once every 5 years)
• violation or suspension free for a year
:up to 3 points
PROBATIONARY DRIVER:
For 2 years beginning
when receive permit
PROBATIONARY
DRIVER:
WITH 2 OR MORE VIOLATIONS
WITH A
TOTAL OF 4 OR MORE POINTS
Driver License Suspension
PROBATIONARY DRIVER:
WITH 2 OR MORE VIOLATIONS WITH A TOTAL OF 4
OR MORE POINTS
• Must enroll in Probationary Driver
Program (Fee $100)
• Will receive 3 point reduction
• Will be on a 1 year test period
– One or more violations during test period
DRIVING RECORD
(after March 1974)
•All violations stay
on your record for
life
Work License:
There are NO work
licenses issued in NJ.
Habitual Offender:
• 3 DLS
• within 3 years
• may lose license for up to 3
years.
Restoration:
• The return of the driving
privilege after it has been
suspended and once all
requirements for return of
driving privilege have been
met