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Junior Operator Penalties In Massachusetts Explained

July 31, 2014 by Patrick Donovan

Massachusetts Junior Operator Penalties

Massachusetts imposes some of the strictest penalties for junior operators in the country. One speeding ticket can cost a driver the loss of their license. In addition to the increased insurance premiums loss of driving rights are at stake whenever a junior operator gets a citation.

Massachusetts Junior Operator Penalties

Passenger Restriction

1st Offense  

60 day suspension $100 reinstatement fee

 2nd Offense

180 day suspension Drive $100 reinstatement fee

  3rd Offense

1 year suspension
Driver Attitudinal Retraining Course Full Exam
$100 reinstatement fee

Time Restriction Violation

12:30am-5am

1st Offense

60 day suspension
$100 reinstatement fee

2nd Offense

180 day suspension
Driver Attitudinal Retraining Course
$100 reinstatement fee

3rd Offense

1 year suspension
Driver Attitudinal Retraining Course
Full Exam
$100 reinstatement fee

Operating to Endanger/ Recklessly or Negligent

First offense

180 day suspension $500 reinstatement

Second Offense

1 year suspension Full exam $500 Reinstatement

Third Offense

1 year suspension Full exam $500 Reinstatement

Drag-Racing

First Offense

1 year suspension

Driver Attitudinal Retraining Course & SCARR*

Full Exam $500 reinstatement fee

Second Offense

3 year suspension

Driver Attitudinal Retraining Course & SCARR*

Full Exam $1000 reinstatement

Third Offense

3 year suspension

Driver Attitudinal Retraining Course & SCARR*

Full Exam $1000 reinstatement

Speeding

First

90 day suspension
Driver Attitudinal Retraining Course & SCARR*
$500 reinstatement fee
Full Exam

Second

1 year suspension
Driver Attitudinal Retraining Course & SCARR*
$500 reinstatement fee
Full Exam

3Rd Offense

1 year suspension
Driver Attitudinal Retraining Course & SCARR*
$500 reinstatement fee
Full Exam

PERMIT Violations

Unaccompanied by Licensed Driver

First Offense

60 day suspension
$100 reinstatement
Reapply for Permit

Second Offense

180 day suspension
Driver Attitudinal Retraining Course
$100 reinstatement fee
Reapply for Permit

Third Offense

1 year suspension
$100 reinstatement fee
Reapply for Permit

Drag-Racing

First Offense

1 year suspension
Driver Attitudinal Retraining Course & SCARR*
Reapply for Permit
$500 reinstatement fee

Second offense

3 year suspension
Driver Attitudinal Retraining Course & SCARR*
Reapply for Permit
$1000 reinstatement fee

Third Offense

3 year suspension
Driver Attitudinal Retraining Course & SCARR*
Reapply for Permit
$1000 reinstatement fee

Time Restriction Violation
12am-5am

First Offense

60 day suspension
$100 reinstatement fee
Reapply for Permit

Second Offense

180 day suspension
Driver Attitudinal Retraining Course
$100 reinstatement fee
Reapply for Permit

Third Offense

1 year suspension
$100 reinstatement fee
Reapply Permit

Speeding

First Offense

90 day suspension
$100 reinstatement fee
Reapply for Permit

Second Offense

1 year suspension
$100 reinstatement fee
Reapply for Permit

Third Offense

1 year suspension
$100 reinstatement fee
Reapply for Permit

* Junior Operators are only required to complete the SCARR course one time.

Massachusetts Speeding Ticket Lawyer

Patrick Donovan, a former prosecutor, is a Massachusetts speeding ticket attorney. Attorney Donovan has appeared in over fifty courts in Massachusetts. Whether it is a clerk’s hearing or a judge’s appeal Attorney Donovan can help put the best case before the court and get the best possible outcome.

If you have been given a speeding ticket or any citation in Massachusetts you have the right to fight your ticket with an Attorney. An attorney can help you present the best evidence and make a winning argument. Many times people that argue their own case make simple and fatal mistakes that cost them the case.

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