Six Point Violations
Reckless Driving (Felony or Misdemeanor)
- Reckless driving—speeding 20 mph or more above the posted speed limit (11 years)
- Reckless driving—failing to give a proper signal (11 years)
- Reckless driving—on parking lots, etc. (11 years)
Driving Under the Influence
- Driving while intoxicated felony (11 years)
- Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs (11 years)
- Involuntary manslaughter/alcohol (11 years)
- Refusing blood/breath test (11 years)
- Operating without ignition interlock—DMV requirement (11 years)
Other Violations
- Speeding 20 mph or more above the posted speed limit (5 years)
- Failure to stop at the scene of a crash—death (11 years)
- Fail to change lanes/slow down for vehicle displaying flashing lights – death (11 years)
- Attempting to elude police
- Felony (11 years)
- Misdemeanor (3 years)
Four Point Violations
Reckless Driving/Speeding
- 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 to the left of approaching vehicle (3 years)
Stopping/Yielding
- Failure to drive to the right and stop for police/fire/ emergency vehicle (3 years)
- 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 keep to the right when crossing an intersection (3 years)
Following/Signaling
- Following too closely (3 years)
- Failure to signal before moving from curb (3 years)
- Improper signal (3 years)
Railroad Crossings
- Failure to obey railroad crossing signal (3 years)
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)
- Failure to give way in favor of overtaking vehicle (3 years)
- Driving through safety zone (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)
- 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 (restrictions related to physical limitation, such as mechanical control device) (3 years)
Commercial Motor Vehicles
- Driving commercial motor vehicle in left lane of interstate (3 years)
- Driving in excess of 13 hours in a 24-hour period (3 years)
- Driving public passenger-carrying vehicle under age (3 years)
- Driving bus transporting school children without a safety belt (3 years)
- Driving school bus without license (3 years) Driving school bus under age (3 years)
- Using wireless device while operating school bus (3 years)
- Vehicle height exceeds limit for tunnels (3 years)
Other Violations
- Failure to stop at the scene of a crash, unattended property (3 years)
- Failure to leave the scene of a crash at the direction of officer (3 years)
- Failure to report a crash, unattended property, less than $250 damage (3 years)
- Following/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)