Oklahoma Drivers License Point System
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Point System - Oklahoma Department of Public Safety
- Your driver's license starts off with no points, known as a "clean" driving record. Each time you are convicted of a traffic offense, you begin to accumulate points against your record. If you accumulate 10 points on your license over a five year period, your license will be suspended.
- Traffic Offenses & Their Points.
- One Point Offenses:
- Operating a defective vehicle.
- Operating a vehicle without being licensed.
- Leaving a vehicle unattended with engine running.
- Towing or pushing vehicle improperly.
- Failure to dim lights as required.
- Failure to stop at required stops with explosives or flammable load.
- Transporting hazardous substances without safety devices or precautions.
- Improper lane usage.
- Driving on shoulder, in ditch or on sidewalk.
- Making improper entrance to or exit from trafficway.
- Loading a vehicle so drivers view is obstructed.
- Starting improperly from parked position.
- Improper backing.
- Spinning wheels.
- Operating a vehicle with view obstructed.
- Negligent driving.
- Improper passing.
- Operating a motor vehicle at speed greater than reasonable and proper.
- Operating a motor vehicle at speed less than reasonable and proper.
- Coasting or operating with gears disengaged.
- Failure to follow instructions of police officer.
- Failure to obey traffic instructions stated on traffic sign or shown by traffic control device.
- Passing through or around barrier positioned to prohibit or channel traffic.
- Failure to observe warnings or instructions on vehicle properly displaying them.
- Failure to signal intention to change vehicle direction or to reduce speed suddenly.
- Giving improper signal.
- Improper stopping on roadway.
- Improper turns.
- Operating defective vehicle after receiving a warning or summons.
- Impeding traffic (and under 40 M.P.H.).
- Crossing center median.
- Two Point Offenses:
- Inattentive driving resulting in a collision.
- Left of center or wrong way.
- Failure to yield right of way.
- Violation of driver license restrictions.
- Following too close or improperly.
- Failure to obey stop sign or traffic light.
- Careless driving.
- Speeding.
- Contest racing on public traffic way.
- Speed in excess of posted maximum.
- Speed less than posted minimum.
- Speed in school zone.
- Radar checked speed violation.
- Airplane checked speed violation.
- Vascar (Visual Average Speed Computer And Recorder).
- Any violation related to a railroad crossing.
- Three Point Offenses:
- Speeding in excess of 25 M.P.H. above the posted speed limit.
- Four Point Offenses:
- Reckless driving without regard for the safety of others.
- Failure to stop or to remain stopped for school bus loading or unloading.
- One Point Offenses:
- Earning Credits Back. You can earn credits back in the following circumstances:
- Two points shall be credited to a person's driving record upon successful completion of an approved Driver Improvement/Defensive Driving Course. Credit points shall be given once every twenty-four (24) months for completing an approved course, provided only one full course shall be acknowledged once every twenty-four (24) months.
- Two points shall be credited to a person's driving record when the person has gone twelve (12) consecutive months without being convicted of any pointable violation that appears in 595:10-7-2 of these regulations.
- Upon the reinstatement of a person's privilege to drive after a suspension which was based on violations listed in 595:10-7-2 of these regulations, the points level shall be reduced to five (5) points or less as provided in these regulations.
- In addition to (1) (2) and (3) of this subsection, the point level shall be reduced to zero if a person is not convicted of any pointable traffic violation that is listed in 595:10-7-Z of these regulations for three (3) consecutive years.
- The point level cannot be reduced below zero.
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