New york state dmv point system

The NYS DMV assigns points to different violation under the NYS Vehicle and Traffic Law. It is important to know how points can impact a driver in NY. Whether licensed in NY or another state, a motorist’s privilege to operate in NY will be suspended for a minimum of thirty days if eleven points are accumulated in an eighteen month period or will be revoked for a minimum of six months if convicted of three speeds and or misdemeanors within an eighteen month period (DMV uses the violation date in their eighteen month calculation). Any conviction for a moving violation stays on your driving record for 4 years (10 years for alcohol or drug related driving offenses) and your insurance company can surcharge you on that conviction for the full four year period. Below please find a helpful chart showing the points associated with common Vehicle and Traffic Violations in NY.

VIOLATION POINTS:

•  Speeding (MPH over posted limit)
  •  1 to 10 (3 points)
  •   11 to 20 (4 points)
  •   21 to 30 (6 points)
  •   31 to 40 (8 points)
  •  Over 40 (11 points) 
• Reckless driving (5 points)
• Failed to stop for school bus5Improper cell phone use (5 points)
• Use of portable electronic device "texting" (5 points)
• Railroad crossing violation (5 points)
• Failed to yield right-of-way (3 points)
• Red Light (3 points)
• Disobeying traffic control signal, STOP sign or YIELD sign (3 points)
• Improper passing, changing lane unsafely (3 points)
• Driving left of center, in wrong direction (3 points)
• Leaving scene of property damage incident (3 points)
• Child safety restraint violation (3 points)
• Inadequate Brakes (employer's vehicle) (2 points)
• Most other moving violation (2 points)
• Failure to signal (2 points)
• Improper turn (2 points)
• Disobeying a traffic control device (2 points)
• Tinted window (0 points)
• No seatbelt driver/passenger 16 years or older (0 points)
• Unregistered (0 points)
• Unlicensed (0 points)
• Uninspected (0 points)
• Faulty equipment (0 points)

• any bicycle violation
• any pedestrian violation
• any parking violation
• any violation related to unregistered, unlicensed or uninsured operation
• any violation related to motor vehicle inspection, vehicle weights or dimensions or vehicle equipment other than inadequate service brakes 
• any violation related to a business or the sale of goods established in the Vehicle and Traffic Law or any local law
• a violation related to the improper use of High Occupancy Vehicle Lanes in Suffolk County, between exits 49 and 57 of the Long Island Expressway
• any other violation not resulting from the operation of a motor vehicle

If you receive 6 or more points on your New York State driving record in 18 months, you must pay a Driver Responsibility Assessment fee.

If you are convicted of a traffic violation in another state or country, points are not added to your New York State driving record, unless the violation occurred in Ontario or Quebec.

New York State has a reciprocal agreement with Quebec and Ontario. Traffic violation convictions that occur in these provinces are recorded on your New York State driver record, and the convictions have the same effect and carry the same points as convictions that occur in New York State. This can affect your driver violation point total and Driver Responsibility Assessment.

Insurance companies have their own point systems and can increase your premiums based on your driving record.  Contact your insurance company for more information.

You use the MyDMV 'My License, Permit or ID' service to check your points.  You will need the ID number and document number from your most recently issued New York State

• driver license,
• learner permit, or
• non-driver ID

If you lost your document, renewed or ordered a new one recently and have not received it in the mail yet, you will need to wait for it to arrive before you can create a MyDMV account.  

Check my points through MyDMV