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=Point System - Oklahoma Department of Public Safety=
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* 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.
* <u>'''Traffic Offenses & Their Points'''</u>.
** '''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.
* '''<u>Earning Credits Back</u>'''. 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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