How Many Points are Issued for Every Violation & What’s the Maximum You Can Get?

When drivers get a moving violation in Connecticut, the driver will receive a fine and points. The police issues the violation and the DMV sets the fine. A driver’s license will be suspended when a driver has received enough points. The DMV keeps track of driving records. When a driver has 10 points, he/she can expect a 30-day suspension of license. If he/she receives 10 points more, he/she can expect their license suspended for up to two years.

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One Point Violations: are issued for speeding, improver land use, and illegal use of limited access highway. Fines for driving the wrong way on one way streets, illegal passing of motorcycles using no signal, improper backing process, illegal turns, illegal multi-lane highway use and illegal use of a divided highway.

Two Point Violations: are issued for disregarding low enforcement, illegal entry or exit of highway, illegal turn from wrong lanes, illegal use of railroad crossing, no stopping at railroad crossings for commercial vehicles, no observation of restrictions on an expressway, no yield sign use, no stop sign use, no observation of traffic signals, illegally entering safety zone of pedestrians, and driving under minimum speed limits.

Three Point Violations: are issued for impaired driving, meeting traffic head-on, no yield to passing vehicles, no pedestrian right of way, no right of way to emergency personnel, no right of way when exiting onto road way, no right of way at highway junctions, or intersections, not keeping proper distance between the car in front, passing in no passing zone, and passing on right side of the vehicle.

Four Point Violations: are issued for wagering speed record, passing loading and unloading school bus and harassing other drivers.

Five Point Violations: are issued for speeding a school bus, and negligent homicide with a motor vehicle.

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