Will points deducted one day before the driver's license cycle be cleared?
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Points deducted one day before the driver's license cycle will be cleared. Below are specific details about the driver's license cycle: Cycle: A driver's license has a 12-month point accumulation cycle, with a total of 12 points available per cycle. Reaching the full points will result in corresponding penalties. The point cycle is calculated from the date the driver's license was first issued. For example, if you received your driver's license on June 21, 2015, then the point cycle would end at 24:00 on June 20, 2016. June 21, 2015, would mark the start of the next point cycle, and the points on the driver's license would be cleared on this day. Legal basis: According to Article 55 of the "Regulations on the Application and Use of Motor Vehicle Driver's Licenses" issued by the Ministry of Public Security, the cumulative point cycle for road traffic violations (i.e., the point cycle) is 12 months, with a full score of 12 points, calculated from the date the motor vehicle driver's license was first issued. Article 59 states that if a motor vehicle driver's points do not reach 12 within a point cycle and the imposed fines have been paid, the points will be cleared. If the points do not reach 12 but there are unpaid fines, the points will be carried over to the next point cycle.
I've talked to many friends who drive, and they often mistakenly believe that points deducted just before the last day of the driving license scoring cycle will be cleared immediately. But that's not the case! The driving license points are like an annual ledger, calculated over a 12-month cycle starting from the day you received your license. Points deducted, whether on the first day or the day before the cycle ends, accumulate on this ledger. It's only when the entire cycle is completely over that the system automatically resets the points to zero. I made a similar mistake the year before last: I got points deducted for illegal parking two days before the cycle ended, and foolishly waited for them to clear the next day. When I checked the record, I found the points were still there and didn’t disappear until the cutoff date. You can’t cut corners when driving—safe driving is a lifelong commitment. Get into the habit of checking the cycle reminders on your driving test app, and don’t let point deductions affect your driving mood. Remember: points reset only at a fixed time, not based on the day the points were deducted.
