{"id":135272,"date":"2026-02-16T17:28:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T17:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/135272\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T17:28:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T17:28:07","slug":"ny-traffic-point-changes-how-the-new-rules-affect-your-license","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/135272\/","title":{"rendered":"NY traffic point changes: How the new rules affect your license"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"73UHZTXSQNHKZAIDNLPQXCU3AQ\">New York state has rolled out a new points system for traffic violations to target persistently dangerous drivers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"MZFQ5HYIEFD2XHZPLZNA5MCMIU\">Under changes that went into effect Monday, Feb. 16, certain traffic violations will have increased point values, and other violations that previously had no points attached will have a new, significant point total.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"KRHALXWT2RGCZF7FNI6D4NDGGI\">Points will also stay on a driving record for longer, now looking back at two full years of a driver\u2019s history.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"MZYOZI6UWJE6HERRDLHXSWZ664\">Before these changes, a person who accumulated 11 or more points within an 18-month period would face license suspension or revocation, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.silive.com\/transportation\/2026\/02\/ny-increasing-points-for-driving-violations-starting-monday-here-are-the-changes.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.silive.com\/transportation\/2026\/02\/ny-increasing-points-for-driving-violations-starting-monday-here-are-the-changes.html\">the Advance\/SILive.com previously reported.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"3JA5ZBMLRZFEBDOP46HIKR3BSE\">Now, a suspension or revocation could happen if a driver accumulates 11 points in a 24-month period.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"O6WFW5J3QFCDBD7SPY7HT6XWMY\">The major point changes for violations are:<\/p>\n<p>Any alcohol- or drug-related conviction or incident: From 0 points to 11 pointsAggravated unlicensed operation: From 0 points to 11 pointsOvertaking or passing a stopped school bus: From 5 points to 8 pointsSpeeding in construction zone: From points given based on speed to 8 pointsOver-height vehicle\/bridge strike: From 0 points to 8 pointsLeaving scene of a personal injury crash: From 3 points to 5 pointsFailure to exercise due care: From 2 points to 5 pointsFacilitating aggravated unlicensed operation: From 0 points to 5 pointsSpeed contest and races: From 0 points to 5 points.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"EM27MVXWVZCWHACWMAPGWTMUDY\">Some current point values \u2014such as the five given for a violation involving a mobile phone or electronic device while driving \u2014 remain unchanged, <a href=\"https:\/\/dmv.ny.gov\/news\/dmv-reminds-new-yorkers-of-updated-point-values-for-driving-violations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/dmv.ny.gov\/news\/dmv-reminds-new-yorkers-of-updated-point-values-for-driving-violations\">according to the New York DMV<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"ECFBTBNXN5HBXANAVQXLAD76FQ\">\u201cThese updated regulations will have no impact on drivers who follow the rules of the road, but they will have a big impact on dangerous drivers and repeat offenders whose poor choices always put other drivers, passengers, and pedestrians at risk,\u201d state DMV Commissioner Mark J.F. Schroeder said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"3CKZTJ2SUZEGZHMHBV6DUX7C64\">These changes were first proposed in 2023 following Gov. Kathy Hochul\u2019s State of the State address. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New York state has rolled out a new points system for traffic violations to target persistently dangerous drivers.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":96615,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9,11,10,49,51,50],"class_list":{"0":"post-135272","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-new-york","9":"tag-new-york-headlines","10":"tag-new-york-news","11":"tag-new-york-state","12":"tag-new-york-state-headlines","13":"tag-new-york-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135272","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=135272"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135272\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}