Can points still be deducted after the driver's license has already accumulated 12 points?
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You cannot drive after accumulating 12 points. According to the "Regulations on the Application and Use of Motor Vehicle Driver's Licenses," if a motor vehicle driver accumulates 12 points within a scoring cycle, the driver's license will be confiscated by the traffic management department of the public security authority. Driving while the license is confiscated is considered unlicensed driving, and if caught, you will be fined. How to handle a driver's license with 12 points: The motor vehicle driver must report to the traffic management department of the public security authority in the jurisdiction where the driver's license was issued or where the violation occurred within 15 days to attend a seven-day study session on road traffic safety laws, regulations, and related knowledge. After passing the exam, the points will be cleared, and the driver's license will be returned. How to handle an expired driver's license: If the driver's license has not been reviewed for over one year but less than two years, you must retake the subject one exam and pass it to renew the license. If the license has not been reviewed for over two years, you must return to driving school, retake all three subject exams, and obtain a new driver's license.
Last year, I already had 12 points deducted and thought that was the limit, but then the following week I got another ticket for illegal parking, costing me 3 more points. The traffic police informed me that exceeding 12 points in a scoring cycle doesn’t stop further deductions—it just escalates the penalties. Once you hit 12 points, your license gets suspended, and you must attend a 7-day traffic rules course and pass the written test (Subject 1). If you violate again during this period—like my additional 3 points adding up to 15—only the original 12 points are cleared after the test; the remaining 3 stay. If you rack up another 12 points, you’ll have to retake both Subject 1 and the road test. Now, I take the subway to commute, terrified of another violation—this lesson was brutal.
