If you are convicted of certain motor vehicle violations in North Carolina, driver license points are placed against your driving record. If you accumulate seven points, you may be assigned to a Driver Improvement Clinic. The clinic fee is $50. Upon satisfactory completion of the clinic, three points are deducted from your driving record. If you accumulate as many as twelve points within a three-year period, your license may be suspended. The accumulation of eight points within three years following the reinstatement of your license can result in a second suspension.
If your driver license is suspended by the point system, it may be taken for:
- 60 days for the first suspension;
- 6 months for the second; and
- 12 months for the third.
When your driving privilege is reinstated, all previous driver license points are canceled.
Motor Vehicle Points are given for the following offenses:
|
Conviction
|
Point Value
|
|
Passing a stopped school bus loading or unloading children
|
5
|
|
Aggressive driving
|
5
|
|
Reckless driving
|
4
|
|
Hit and run, property damage only
|
4
|
|
Following too closely
|
4
|
|
Driving on wrong side of road
|
4
|
|
Illegal passing
|
4
|
|
Failure to yield right-of-way to pedestrian pursuant to GS 20-158(b)(2)b.
|
4
|
|
Failure to yield right-of-way to bicycle motor scooter, or motorcycle
|
4
|
|
Running through stop sign
|
3
|
|
Speeding more than 55 mph
|
3
|
|
Speeding through a school zone
|
3
|
|
Failure to yield right of way
|
3
|
|
No driver's license or license expired more than one year
|
3
|
|
Running through red light
|
3
|
|
Failure to stop for siren
|
3
|
|
Speeding through safety zone
|
3
|
|
Failure to report accident where such report is required
|
3
|
|
No liability insurance
|
3
|
|
All other moving violations
|
2
|
|
Littering involving a motor vehicle
|
1
|
Schedule of point values for conviction of violations while operating a commercial motor vehicle:
|
Conviction
|
Point Value
|
|
Passing a stopped school bus loading or unloading children
|
8
|
|
Rail-highway crossing violation
|
6
|
|
Careless and Reckless driving in violation of G.S. 20-140(f)
|
6
|
|
Speeding in violation of G. S. 20-141(j3)
|
6
|
|
Aggressive driving
|
6
|
|
Reckless driving
|
5
|
|
Hit and run, property damage only
|
5
|
|
Following too closely
|
5
|
|
Driving on wrong side of road
|
5
|
|
Illegal passing
|
5
|
|
Failure to yield right-of-way to pedestrian pursuant to G. S. 20-158(b)(2)b.
|
5
|
|
Failure to yield right-of-way to bicycle motor scooter, or motorcycle
|
5
|
|
Running through stop sign
|
4
|
|
Speeding more than 55 mph
|
4
|
|
Speeding through a school zone
|
4
|
|
Failure to yield right of way
|
4
|
|
No driver's license or license expired more than one year
|
4
|
|
Running through red light
|
4
|
|
Failure to stop for siren
|
4
|
|
Driving through safety zone
|
4
|
|
Failure to report accident where such report is required
|
4
|
|
Possessing alcoholic beverage in the passenger area of a commercial motor vehicle
|
3
|
|
All other moving violations
|
3
|
|
Littering involving a motor vehicle
|
1
|
