Moving Violations and Points

The Virginia Driving Improvement Program

Moving Violation and Points Assessment

Three Point Violations

Speeding

• Speeding 1-9 mph above the posted speed limit (5 years)
• Impeding traffic, slow speed (5 years)

Passing/Driving

• Improper passing (3 years)
• Improper passing on the right (3 years)
• Improper driving (3 years)
• Improper stopping on highway (3 years)
• Changing course after signaling (3 years)
• Coasting with gears in neutral (3 years)
• Failure to give way in favor of overtaking vehicle (3 years)
• Failure to give way when abreast of another car (3 years)
• Failure to give way when abreast of another car (3 years)
• Driving through safety zone (3 years)
• Driving over fire hose (3 years)
• Driving an electric mobility device, toy vehicle or bicycle on highway (3 years)
• Driving a moped on interstate highway (3 years)
• Failure to exercise due care—collision with pedestrian (3 years)
• Unauthorized use of crossover on controlled highway (3 years)
• Driving /riding on sidewalk (3 years)

Turning/Backing

• Improper turn (3 years)
• Improper U-turn (3 years)
• Violation of right turn on red (3 years)
• Violation of left turn on red (3 years)

Signs/Signals

• Failure to obey highway sign (3 years)
• Evading traffic control device (3 years)

Lights

• Driving without lights/excessive lights (3 years)
• Failure to dim headlights (3 years)
• Parking without proper lights displayed (3 years)
• Inadequate hazard lights (3 years)

Licenses/Permits

• No Virginia driver’s license (3 years)
• No Virginia license plate (3 years)
• Failure to obtain a driver’s license (3 years)
• No driver’s license -vehicle/motorcycle (3 years)
• Failure to have license revalidated (3 years)
• Learner’s permit violation (3 years)
• Permitting unlicensed person to drive (3 years)
• Driving in violation of restricted license (3 years)

Other Violation

• Failure to stop at the scene of a crash, unattended property (3 years)
• Failure to leave the scene of crash at the direction of officer (3 years)
• Failure to report a crash unattended property, less than $250 damage (3 years)
• Flowing/parking within 500 feet of fire apparatus (3 years)
• Fail to change lanes/slow down for vehicle displaying flashing lights (3 years)
• Drinking while driving (3 years)
• Improper driving/riding motorcycle (3 years)
• Driving with TV screen visible to driver (3 years)
• Driving while using earphones (3 years)
• HOV violation second or subsequent offense (5 years)

Four Point Violations

Reckless Driving/Speeding

• Reckless driving—failure to stop before entering a highway (11 years)
• Speeding (5 years)
• Speeding 10-14 mph above the posted speed limit (5 years)
• Speeding 15-19 mph above the posted speed limit (5 years)
• Speeding 10-19 mph above the posted speed limit (5 years)

Passing

• Passing when unsafe (3 years)
• Passing to the left of approaching vehicle (3 years)
• Stopping/Yielding
• Failure to drive to the right and stop for police/fire/emergency vehicle (3 year)
• Failure to stop for pedestrian with white cane (3 years)
• Failure to stop and yield right-of-way (3 years)
• Failure to yield right-of-way (3 years)
• Failure to yield when turning left (3 years)
• Failure to yield to funeral procession (3 years)

Keeping to the Right

• Failure to drive on right half of highway or street (3 years)
• Failure to signal before moving from curb (3 years)
• Driving to the left of rotary traffic island (3years)

Following/Signaling

• Following too closely (3years)
• Failure to signal before moving from curb (3years)
• Improper signal (3years)

Railroad Crossings

• Failure to obey railroad crossing signal (3years)
• Failure to stop at railroad grade crossing (3years)
• Railroad crossing/stopping (3years)

Other Violations

• Operating a motor vehicle while suspended/revoked/restricted with a blood alcohol content of .02% or more (11 years)
• Failure to stop at the scene of a crash, unattended property, damage in excess of $500 (11 years)
• Failure to stop at the scene of a crash, property damage (3 years)
• Fail to change lanes/slow down for vehicle displaying flashing lights – property damage, and/or (5 years)
• Aggressive driving (5 years)
• Failure to obey traffic signal (3 years)
• Failure to obey lane directional signal (3 years)
• Failure to obey highway lane markings (3 years)
• Improper backing, stopping or turning (3 years)
• Driving the wrong way on one-way highway or street (3 years)
• Impeding/disrupting funeral procession (3 years)
• Disregarding police office’s signal to stop (3years)
• Disregarding crossing guard/officer’s signal (3 years)

Six Point Violations

• Reckless driving—speeding in excess of 80 mph (11 years)
• Reckless driving—speeding 20 mph or more above the posted speed limit (11 years)
• Reckless driving—racing (11 years)
• Reckless driving—passing or overtaking an emergency vehicle (11 years)
• Reckless driving—passing a school bus (11 years)
• Reckless driving—driving too fast for conditions (11 years)
• Reckless driving—failing to give a proper signal (11years)
• Reckless driving—faulty brakes/improper control (11years)
• Reckless driving—on parking lots, etc. (11 years)
• Reckless driving—generally (11 years)

Driving under the influence

• Driving while intoxicated (11 years)
• Driving while intoxicated (11 years)
• Driving under the influence of drugs (11 years)
• Refusing blood/breath test (11 years)

License/Permits

• Driving on suspended license (11 years)
• Driving while your license is suspended or revoked (11 years)
• Driving while your license is suspended or revoked for non-payment of court fines and costs (11years)
• Driving under suspension or revocation before giving proof of financial responsibility (11 years)

Other Violations

• Speeding 20 mph or more above the posted speed limit (5 years)
• Failure to stop at the scene of crash—injury (11 years)
• Failure to stop at the scene of crash—death (11 years)
• Failure to stop at the scene of a crash—property damage of $1000 or more (11years)
• Operating unsafe vehicle (3 years)