{"id":124192,"date":"2026-02-05T19:10:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T19:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/124192\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T19:10:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T19:10:09","slug":"new-york-dmv-increases-points-for-serious-traffic-violations-local","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/124192\/","title":{"rendered":"New York DMV Increases Points for Serious Traffic Violations | Local"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"New York DMV Increases Points for Serious Traffic Violations\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full blur\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/6984e4252c6a2.image.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"113\" width=\"200\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Provided Image<\/p>\n<p>ALBANY, N.Y. &#8212; New rules are coming for drivers in New York with higher point values for some of the most serious traffic violations.<\/p>\n<p>The New York State Department of Motor Vehicles said the changes will start Feb. 16.<\/p>\n<p>The new regulations will also extend the time frame for the DMV to take administrative action against drivers with repeated violations, moving from an 18-month period to a 24-month period.<\/p>\n<p>Many point assignments will stay the same, including five points for using a mobile phone or portable electronic device while driving and zero points for equipment violations.<\/p>\n<p>The table below from the DMV lists the points for each violation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"New York DMV Increases Points for Serious Traffic Violations\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full blur\" width=\"651\" height=\"371\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/6984e4050b0e8.image.png\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"114\" width=\"200\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wktv.com\/news\/elections\/herkimer-county-board-of-elections-reminder-deadline-for-party-enrollment-change-approaching\/article_1ee01dd5-d0b5-471c-ab58-370e7d6ebaa7.html\" class=\"tnt-asset-link\" aria-label=\"Herkimer County Board of Elections Reminder: Deadline for Party Enrollment Change Approaching\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>                &#13;<br \/>\n                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Herkimer County Board of Elections Reminder: Deadline for Party Enrollment Change Approaching\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full blur\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" data- data-\/><br \/>\n                <\/a><\/p>\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/66abd1a474df5.image.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"113\" width=\"200\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"tnt-summary\">The Herkimer County Board of Elections has a reminder as voters approach February.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Provided Image ALBANY, N.Y. &#8212; New rules are coming for drivers in New York with higher point values&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":124193,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[31287,9,11,10,54116,1340,54117],"class_list":["post-124192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-dmv","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-new-york-state-dmv","tag-points","tag-traffic-violations"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124192\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/124193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}