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.
