How to Eliminate and Reduce Penalty Points for Driver’s License
What is Penalty Points Extinction Conditions Penalty Point Reductions Penalty Point Offset Reasons for Drunk Driving Penalty Point Reduction
Driver’s licensees who have been given demerit points for non-compliance with traffic laws, traffic accidents, and relief measures after a traffic accident will be subject to suspension or cancellation of their licenses based on the accumulated points, and their scores may be reduced through education, etc.
What is a penalty
It refers to the points awarded according to the severity of the violation and the degree of damage to the violation of laws or accidents to be used as basic data for administrative disposition. Depending on the accumulated points, your driver’s license may be suspended or revoked.
Administrative penalty points
40 or more demerit points for driver’s license suspension or disposition
Accumulated score of driver’s license cancellation driver’s license demerit points
121 points or more in 1 year
201 points or more in 2 years
271 points or more in 3 years
① Accumulated score
For demerit points related to driver’s licenses, ‘accumulated points’ are applied, which is a score obtained by subtracting an offset value (scores given when a non-violation/accident-free period, etc.)
Penalty points are managed by accumulating all the demerit points for the past three years based on the date of the relevant violation or accident to which the administrative disposition standard is applied. 운전면허 벌점 소멸
Accumulated score = Cumulative sum of penalty points for each violation/accident – Offset value
② penalty points 좋은뉴스
The penalty points required to apply the standard for suspension in the future for specific violations of laws and causes of accidents.
penalty points
= Accumulated score – the total of the penalty points for which the disposition has already been executed
= Cumulative sum of penalty points for each violation or accident – Offset value – Sum of penalty points for which dispositions have already been taken
demerit points
In the case of less than 40 penalty points, the penalty points are extinguished when one year has elapsed from the date of the last violation or accident without violation or accident.
demerit points
If a fugitive vehicle is reported, preferential points are given depending on the circumstances, and if the driver is subject to suspension or cancellation, it will be deducted from the accumulated points.
A driver who caused a traffic accident that injured a person and arrested a vehicle that fled without taking relief measures or helped the arrest by reporting it
Penalty reduction
Special traffic safety training or exemplary drivers may receive reduced penalty points or suspension execution days.
If a person with less than 40 penalty points has completed the ‘Penalty Point Reduction Education’ during the special traffic safety recommendation training, the penalty points will be reduced by 20 points.
If a person who has received a disposition for driver’s license suspension completes ‘law compliance training (recommended)’ during special traffic safety compulsory education or special traffic safety recommendation education, and then completes ‘on-site participation training’, the suspension period will be reduced by 20 days
If a person who has received a disposition for driver’s license suspension completes ‘traffic literacy education’ and then ‘traffic participation education’, the suspension period is reduced by an additional 30 days
For exemplary drivers (non-accident drivers or persons who have received a certificate of merit and are engaged in traffic safety volunteer activities), the execution period of suspension is reduced by 1/2.
If you pledge to the Good Mileage System** and practice it for one year, 10 points of preferential treatment will be deducted from the accumulated points.
* If the period of license suspension has been reduced through the Objection Deliberation Committee, Administrative Appeal, or Administrative Litigation, no additional reduction will be made.
** Good mileage system
Reasons for reduction in case of revocation or suspension of driver’s license for drunk driving
When driving is an important means of sustaining your family’s livelihood
Where he/she has been engaged in traffic volunteer activities for at least 3 years at the time of disposition as a model driver
When a driver who caused a traffic accident and fled was arrested and received a commendation higher than the police chief
However, notwithstanding the above reasons, any of the following cases are excluded from the reduction.
Driving with a blood alcohol concentration of over 0.1%
If you cause a personal injury or a traffic accident while drunk driving
In case of assaulting a police officer who does not comply with the police officer’s request for a breathalyzer
If there is a history of 3 or more personal injury traffic accidents within the past 5 years
If you have a history of drunk driving within the past 5 years
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Difference between fine and penalty
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Drivers are subject to ‘penalty points’ for violating traffic signals, driving under the influence of alcohol, and unforeseen circumstances.
If demerit points accumulate, you may be worried that your license will be revoked or suspended.
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