{"id":47949,"date":"2021-07-15T12:57:51","date_gmt":"2021-07-15T16:57:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/duplicate-3504444.findlaw4.flsitebuilder.com\/?p=47949"},"modified":"2022-07-22T07:22:46","modified_gmt":"2022-07-22T11:22:46","slug":"what-all-tennessee-drivers-need-to-know-about-the-points-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dev.internetfactfinder.com\/levittandlevitt\/blog\/2021\/07\/what-all-tennessee-drivers-need-to-know-about-the-points-system\/","title":{"rendered":"What all Tennessee drivers need to know about the points system"},"content":{"rendered":"

When a police officer writes you a ticket, they don’t just force you to pay money that you would rather spend elsewhere. They also affect your driver’s license. Tennessee, like many other states, has a point system that affects people’s driver’s licenses.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Every time someone pays a ticket, they essentially plead guilty to the cited offense. They will then have a certain number of points assessed against their license. If the number of points accrued gets too high, that driver could potentially lose their license.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The more you know about the point system, the easier it will be for you to protect your driving privileges after a traffic stop.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What is the number of points assessed for different offenses?<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

Obviously, more serious traffic offenses\u00a0<\/span>carry more points<\/span><\/a>. Speeding can carry between one and eight points. Those breaking the speed limit by 5 miles an hour (mph) or less only receive one point. Those exceeding the posted limit by 46 mph or more will get hit with eight points for that one offense.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Many moving violations carry three points, including improper following or texting while driving. Those under 18 using a cell phone will receive six points on their license. Reckless endangerment could mean eight points on your license, while leaving the scene of a crash will carry five points.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

When will those points affect your license?\u00a0<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

If you are under 18 and have\u00a0<\/span>more than six points<\/span><\/a>\u00a0added to your license in 12 months, you will possibly face suspension after a summons to an administrative hearing. If you are over the age of 18, accruing more than 12 points in 12 months can lead to the suspension of your license. Attending a hearing and a traffic class could help those with multiple tickets avoid a suspension in some cases.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Fighting against traffic tickets can help keep you on the road. Defending against the first traffic ticket means you don’t have to worry about subsequent citations. If you already have a few tickets on your record, defending against the most recent one could keep the number of points you have below the cut-off.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It is much easier to take the right steps to respond to a traffic ticket when you understand the consequences\u00a0that\u00a0<\/span>traffic offense<\/span><\/a>\u00a0could carry.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When a police officer writes you a ticket, they don’t just force you to pay money that you would rather spend elsewhere. They also affect your driver’s license. Tennessee, like many other states, has a point system that affects people’s driver’s licenses.\u00a0\u00a0 Every time someone pays a ticket, they essentially plead guilty to the cited […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/dev.internetfactfinder.com\/levittandlevitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/dev.internetfactfinder.com\/levittandlevitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/dev.internetfactfinder.com\/levittandlevitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dev.internetfactfinder.com\/levittandlevitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dev.internetfactfinder.com\/levittandlevitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/dev.internetfactfinder.com\/levittandlevitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47949\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/dev.internetfactfinder.com\/levittandlevitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dev.internetfactfinder.com\/levittandlevitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dev.internetfactfinder.com\/levittandlevitt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}