DRIVER PROGRAMS
DRIVER
IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
Motorists
accumulating between 12 and 14 points within 24 months will receive a Notice of
Scheduled Suspension by mail from the MVC.
AFTER RECEIVING
THE NOTICE, MOTORISTS CAN:
- Attend a New
Jersey driver improvement program.
- Request a hearing.
- Surrender the
driver license for the suspension period.
The Chief
Administrator or an Administrative Law Judge will determine if driving privileges
are suspended for motorists granted a hearing.
There points will be
removed from the driving record of a motorist completing a driving improvement
class, which costs $100 to attend.
DEFENSIVE DRIVING
PROGRAM
VOLUNTARY
DEFENSIVE DRIVING PROGRAMS:
- Teach defensive
driving skills
- Potentially reduce
auto insurance rates
- Reduce a motorists
driver history record
PROBATIONARY
DRIVER PROGRAM
Motorists begin a
two-year probationary driver period after receiving a special learner or
examination permit. During the probation period, motorists convicted of two or
more moving violations totaling four or more points must enroll in the
Probationary Driver School program. The attendance fee is $100. This program
corrects improper or dangerous driving.
Completion of this
program results in a three-point reduction on a motorists driver history
record.
Failure to complete
the program, or conviction of one or more subsequent moving violations during
the test period, will result in a driving privilege suspension.
DRIVER LICENSE
RESTORATION
After a driver
license is restored, or after completion of the MVC Driver Improvement Program
or a Probationary Driver School Program, a motorist will be on probation for
one year.
Any traffic
violation conviction during that probationary period will result in a proposed
driver license suspension. The period of suspension depends on how soon the
violation occurs after restoration.
