Q: How many tickets do you have to get in order for your license to be suspended?
I received a speeding ticket when I was 17, 13 months later I received another one but went through 6 months of court supervision and got it removed, now about a year later I got into an accident and received a ticket. Is my license going to get suspended and for how long?
A:
The basis for suspending a license for too many tickets depends on your age at the time of the most recent conviction. If you are under 21 years of age, you will be suspended if you receive two convictions in a 24 month period. If you are 21 or older, you will be suspended if you receive three convictions in a 12 month period. For this number, supervisions don't count as convictions and only moving violations count. Additionally, supervision is only available twice in a 12 month period so it isn't an unlimited resource. Once you hit the conviction limit, you are given a suspension of at least 1 month and often 3-6 months depending on several factors including your record, your previous suspensions, and the particular offenses as each one is allocated a point value used in determining duration on a chart published in the administrative code governing the secretary of state.
What I can say is you should not under any circumstances mail in the ticket. Given your age and record, court supervision by mail is unlikely and you will need to appear in court to have a good chance at court supervision and possibly dismissal.
Hope that helps!
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