thrash;157737 wrote:
Oh is the point limit different for under 18?

Glad to hear that you don't drink and drive.

Yes it is... You can only have 6 points against your license.

Glad to hear that you don't drink and drive.

thrash;157711 wrote:
I thought licenses got pulled at 12 or 16 points, not 6? And points decay at like 1/week or something like that?

I've gotten a few <= 2 pt tickets here (so they're non reportable for insurance purposes). 6 points would be 3 10mph over tickets. It seems unlikely that you'd get a license pulled for that.

There's really very little excuse for getting DUI/MIP/whatever tickets. I don't like how George Orwell our drunk driving laws have become, or the suspension of due process that often results, but if people wouldn't keep misbehaving it wouldn't have gotten this way.

As someone that doesn't drink I can sit and unknowingly preach at people, but I have to imagine that 95% of the people that get pulled over and ticketed for alcohol really are dumbasses with no business operating a car in that condition.

This is probably especially true for younger people that have the deadly trifecta - assuming they know how to drive well, assuming they can hold their liqour, and feeling invincible all the time.

Different people can retain motor functions, situational awareness, and reaction times to varying degrees of effectiveness after drinking, but the law can't be written to take that into consideration (just like the speeding laws don't take into consideration that I've got a boatload more professional driver training than the average person)

I'm not going to tell anybody not to speed when it's something I do with impunity, but I will say that when you're getting caught often enough to lose a license.. you're doing something wrong. When you're getting caught for drinking & driving.. you're doing something way wrong.

Um....Ok. Spoken well but I didnt get my license revoked for drinking and driving. I wasnt even under the influence when I got my MIP. I dont drink and drive because its stupid and not worth it. I lost my license due to to many tickets and the loss of my 6 points.

thrash;157711 wrote:
I thought licenses got pulled at 12 or 16 points, not 6? And points decay at like 1/week or something like that?

I've gotten a few <= 2 pt tickets here (so they're non reportable for insurance purposes). 6 points would be 3 10mph over tickets. It seems unlikely that you'd get a license pulled for that.

There's really very little excuse for getting DUI/MIP/whatever tickets. I don't like how George Orwell our drunk driving laws have become, or the suspension of due process that often results, but if people wouldn't keep misbehaving it wouldn't have gotten this way.

As someone that doesn't drink I can sit and unknowingly preach at people, but I have to imagine that 95% of the people that get pulled over and ticketed for alcohol really are dumbasses with no business operating a car in that condition.

This is probably especially true for younger people that have the deadly trifecta - assuming they know how to drive well, assuming they can hold their liqour, and feeling invincible all the time.

Different people can retain motor functions, situational awareness, and reaction times to varying degrees of effectiveness after drinking, but the law can't be written to take that into consideration (just like the speeding laws don't take into consideration that I've got a boatload more professional driver training than the average person)

I'm not going to tell anybody not to speed when it's something I do with impunity, but I will say that when you're getting caught often enough to lose a license.. you're doing something wrong. When you're getting caught for drinking & driving.. you're doing something way wrong.

He is under the age of 18.

I've gotten a few <= 2 pt tickets here (so they're non reportable for insurance purposes). 6 points would be 3 10mph over tickets. It seems unlikely that you'd get a license pulled for that.

There's really very little excuse for getting DUI/MIP/whatever tickets. I don't like how George Orwell our drunk driving laws have become, or the suspension of due process that often results, but if people wouldn't keep misbehaving it wouldn't have gotten this way.

As someone that doesn't drink I can sit and unknowingly preach at people, but I have to imagine that 95% of the people that get pulled over and ticketed for alcohol really are dumbasses with no business operating a car in that condition.

This is probably especially true for younger people that have the deadly trifecta - assuming they know how to drive well, assuming they can hold their liqour, and feeling invincible all the time.

Different people can retain motor functions, situational awareness, and reaction times to varying degrees of effectiveness after drinking, but the law can't be written to take that into consideration (just like the speeding laws don't take into consideration that I've got a boatload more professional driver training than the average person)

I'm not going to tell anybody not to speed when it's something I do with impunity, but I will say that when you're getting caught often enough to lose a license.. you're doing something wrong. When you're getting caught for drinking & driving.. you're doing something way wrong.

Oh yea, and one more thing...if you get pulled over and you dont have a licience in our case, it's NOT a suspended licience. It's as if you never had one and have to start over...therefore the fine is $20 (it was that a few months ago...it may have changed when ticket prices went up) and 4 points on a licience that you dont have...however, you will have 4 more points on there when you get it back.

GL

green6767;157507 wrote:
Not only do you lose your liscence, your insurance is gonna kill you for this. Learn from your mistakes....we all have.

Bump for the truth!

tjamz;157691 wrote:
QFTMFT!!!!!!!!!

Thanks Chuck!

King Ricer;157556 wrote:
no the system doesn't work cause they still let me drive :icon_thumright:
QFTMFT!!!!!!!!!

SmitEvo;157503 wrote:
So the system works your telling me....it keeps you crazy drivers off of the road.

no the system doesn't work cause they still let me drive :icon_thumright:

RidinRails;157513 wrote:
umm try again....usually if you have your license revoked you have to take drivers education again also

unless he want to wait till he is 18, then he wont have too!

RidinRails;157513 wrote:
umm try again....usually if you have your license revoked you have to take drivers education again also

I have to take behind the wheel and a defensive drivers course again.