How Can You Reduce the Amount of
Motor Vehicle Points on Your License?
New Jersey law N.J.S.A. 39:5-30.9. allows a person with
points on their NJ driver's license to reduce the number of points as follows:
Passage of Time - Points
are reduced at the rate of three (3) points for each 12 consecutive months in
which a person has not committed any motor vehicle violation either resulting
in the assessment of points or in the suspension of driving privileges. Attend a License Improvement
Course - Points can be reduced at the rate of three (3) points where a
driver attends and satisfactorily completes an approved license improvement
course. You cannot take more than one course every (2) years. Attend a Vehicle Defensive
Driving Course - Points recorded against a licensee shall also be reduced
by two (2) points if the person attends and satisfactorily completes an
approved motor vehicle defensive driving course. You cannot take more than one
course every (5) years.
No point totals shall be reduced
below zero. Computation of the time periods used in granting point reduction
credits shall in all cases be based upon the respective dates of commission of
the offenses for which the licensee was convicted and assessed points.
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