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.