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DMV Point System
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Breakdown of Points
- Driving with a revoked license: 10 points
- Failure to stop when involved in an accident: 10 points
- Failure to yield to emergency vehicles: 5 points
- Illegal passing of a school bus: 5 points
- Failure to yield to a pedestrian in a crosswalk: 4 points
- Failure to obey a police officer: 4 points
- Illegal passing: 3 points
- Driving without a license: 2 points
- Speeding: 2 to 8 points (based upon the number of miles per hour over the speed limit)
You can find a full and extremely detailed list of driving violation points in Chapter 25 of the vehicle code. Parking violations are point-free.
Repercussions
The length of your driver's license suspension will be determined by the number of points you've racked up: The more points you have, the longer the suspension―usually from a month to a year or more.
Once suspended, you then must meet all of your sentencing requirements before you can drive again. Depending on the nature of your suspension, this may include driver safety classes and alcohol treatment programs. Once all requirements are met, you will then have to pay (regardless of the violation) a $50 reinstatement fee to get your driving privilege back.
Other fallout comes in the wallet-draining form of higher car insurance rates. There's no way of hiding the news from your insurance company. The Department of Motor Vehicles automatically reports all moving violations.
