Driving Regulations Under the Massachusetts State Law a junior operator is someone between the ages of 16.5 and 18. The basic purpose of the junior operator law is to provide a supervised opportunity to gain safe driving skills without the possibilities of distractions from your peers. License Violations
*Junior operators are only required to complete the SCARR course 1 time. Massachusetts Junior Operator Penalties Massachusetts imposes some of the strictest penalties for junior operators in the country. One speeding ticket can cost a driver the loss of their license. In addition to the increased insurance premiums loss of driving rights are at stake whenever a junior operator gets a citation. Massachusetts Junior Operator Penalties Passenger Restriction 1st Offense 60 day suspension $100 reinstatement fee 2nd Offense 180 day suspension Drive $100 reinstatement fee 3rd Offense 1 year suspension Driver Attitudinal Retraining Course Full Exam $100 reinstatement fee Time Restriction Violation 12:30am-5am 1st Offense 60 day suspension 2nd Offense 180 day suspension Driver Attitudinal Retraining Course $100 reinstatement fee 3rd Offense 1 year suspension Driver Attitudinal Retraining Course Full Exam $100 reinstatement fee Operating to Endanger/ Recklessly or Negligent First offense 180 day suspension $500 reinstatement Second Offense 1 year suspension Full exam $500 Reinstatement Third Offense 1 year suspension Full exam $500 Reinstatement Drag-Racing First Offense 1 year suspension Driver Attitudinal Retraining Course & SCARR* Full Exam $500 reinstatement fee Second Offense 3 year suspension Driver Attitudinal Retraining Course & SCARR* Full Exam $1000 reinstatement Third Offense 3 year suspension Driver Attitudinal Retraining Course & SCARR* Full Exam $1000 reinstatement Speeding First 90 day suspension Driver Attitudinal Retraining Course & SCARR* $500 reinstatement fee Full Exam Second 1 year suspension Driver Attitudinal Retraining Course & SCARR* $500 reinstatement fee Full Exam 3Rd Offense 1 year suspension Driver Attitudinal Retraining Course & SCARR* $500 reinstatement fee Full Exam PERMIT Violations Unaccompanied by Licensed Driver First Offense 60 day suspension $100 reinstatement Reapply for Permit Second Offense 180 day suspension Driver Attitudinal Retraining Course $100 reinstatement fee Reapply for Permit Third Offense 1 year suspension $100 reinstatement fee Reapply for Permit Drag-Racing First Offense 1 year suspension Driver Attitudinal Retraining Course & SCARR* Reapply for Permit $500 reinstatement fee Second offense 3 year suspension Driver Attitudinal Retraining Course & SCARR* Reapply for Permit $1000 reinstatement fee Third Offense 3 year suspension Driver Attitudinal Retraining Course & SCARR* Reapply for Permit $1000 reinstatement fee Time Restriction Violation First Offense 60 day suspension $100 reinstatement fee Reapply for Permit Second Offense 180 day suspension Driver Attitudinal Retraining Course $100 reinstatement fee Reapply for Permit Third Offense 1 year suspension $100 reinstatement fee Reapply Permit Speeding First Offense 90 day suspension $100 reinstatement fee Reapply for Permit Second Offense 1 year suspension $100 reinstatement fee Reapply for Permit Third Offense 1 year suspension $100 reinstatement fee Reapply for Permit * Junior Operators are only required to complete the SCARR course one time. Massachusetts Speeding Ticket Lawyer Patrick Donovan, a former prosecutor, is a Massachusetts speeding ticket attorney. Attorney Donovan has appeared in over fifty courts in Massachusetts. Whether it is a clerk’s hearing or a judge’s appeal Attorney Donovan can help put the best case before the court and get the best possible outcome. If you have been given a speeding ticket or any citation in Massachusetts you have the right to fight your ticket with an Attorney. An attorney can help you present the best evidence and make a winning argument. Many times people that argue their own case make simple and fatal mistakes that cost them the case. |