How to Avoid Downgrading a B2 Driver's License After Accumulating 12 Points?
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B2 driver's license will definitely be downgraded if 12 points are accumulated. According to the "Regulations on the Application and Use of Motor Vehicle Driver's Licenses," if an A-level or B-level driver's license accumulates 12 or more points in a scoring cycle, its highest permitted vehicle type will be revoked. Therefore, a B2 driver's license will be downgraded if 12 points are deducted. Below are the steps to restore a B2 license after downgrading: 1. Actively address the reason for the downgrade and pay the fine. 2. After paying the fine, you need to go to the traffic police department to study traffic safety knowledge and then take the subject one test to complete the downgrade. 3. Obtain the downgraded C1 driver's license and strictly abide by traffic rules and laws during the period when upgrading is prohibited. 4. During this period, you must not accumulate 12 points again or receive more severe penalties, otherwise, you will be permanently barred from upgrading. 5. You are also not allowed to drive vehicles permitted by a B2 license, as it would be considered unlicensed driving. 6. Once the restricted period is over, prepare the relevant materials and apply to upgrade to a B2 driver's license. 7. Pass the B2 subject tests to restore the B2 driver's license.
I've been driving heavy trucks for nearly a decade and have seen too many colleagues get downgraded due to maxed-out penalty points. According to regulations, a B2 license must be downgraded when it accumulates 12 points—there's absolutely no loophole. Once my co-driver was caught fatigued driving and got 12 points deducted at once, and his license was downgraded to C1 that very day. This served as a wake-up call for me: always follow traffic rules, especially watching out for those high-point violations worth 3 or 6 points. Now I check my violation records every three months and have installed a GPS fatigue monitor in my truck. The key to keeping a B2 license, I'd say, is developing defensive driving habits—slowing down at intersections during rain, double-checking lights before loading. If you ever reach 11 points, stop driving immediately and wait for the cycle to reset before getting back on the road.
