What penalties will a person with a junior operator license face for violating the passenger restriction for the third time in Massachusetts?

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


Passenger Restriction 60-day suspension
$100 reinstatement fee
180-day suspension Driver Attitudinal Retraining Course

$100 reinstatement fee

1-year suspension Driver Attitudinal Retraining Course Full Exam

$100 reinstatement fee

Time Restriction Violation

12:30am-5am

60-day suspension
$100 reinstatement fee
180-day suspension Driver Attitudinal Retraining Course

$100 reinstatement fee

1-year suspension Driver Attitudinal Retraining Course Full Exam

$100 reinstatement fee

Operating to Endanger/
Recklessly or Negligent
180-day suspension $500 reinstatement 1-year suspension Full exam $500 Reinstatement 1-year suspension Full exam $500 Reinstatement
Drag-Racing 1-year suspension Driver Attitudinal Retraining Course and SCARR* Full Exam

$500 reinstatement fee

3-year suspension Driver Attitudinal Retraining Course and SCARR* Full Exam

$1,000 reinstatement

3-year suspension Driver Attitudinal Retraining Course and SCARR* Full Exam

$1,000 reinstatement

Speeding 90-day suspension Driver Attitudinal Retraining Course and SCARR* $500 reinstatement fee

Full Exam

1-year suspension Driver Attitudinal Retraining Course and SCARR* $500 reinstatement fee

Full Exam

1-year suspension Driver Attitudinal Retraining Course and SCARR* $500 reinstatement fee

Full Exam

Unaccompanied by Licensed Driver 60-day suspension $100 reinstatement Reapply for Permit 180-day suspension Driver Attitudinal Retraining Course $100 reinstatement fee

Reapply for Permit

1-year suspension $100 reinstatement fee Reapply for Permit
Drag-Racing 1-year suspension Driver Attitudinal Retraining Course and SCARR* Reapply for Permit

$500 reinstatement fee

3-year suspension Driver Attitudinal Retraining Course and SCARR* Reapply for Permit

$1,000 reinstatement fee

3-year suspension Driver Attitudinal Retraining Course and SCARR* Reapply for Permit

$1,000 reinstatement fee

Time Restriction Violation

12am-5am

60-day suspension $100 reinstatement fee

Reapply for Permit

180-day suspension Driver Attitudinal Retraining Course $100 reinstatement fee

Reapply for Permit

1-year suspension $100 reinstatement fee Reapply Permit
Speeding 90-day suspension $100 reinstatement fee

Reapply for Permit

1-year suspension $100 reinstatement fee

Reapply for Permit

1-year suspension $100 reinstatement fee

Reapply for Permit


*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
$100 reinstatement fee

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
12am-5am

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.