Walk It Through: The Morning Commute
A two-lane highway, a slow truck, a phone in the cupholder, and the points that add up.
On a two-lane state highway posted at sixty-five, a slow truck holds up a line of cars.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
One driver's year of commuting. School and work zones, reckless driving, a commercial license and the points a particular violation carries are not worked through here.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.
Words this turns on
Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.
- Mobile electronic deviceA phone or similar device, which no one may use while operating a motor vehicle, sitting at a light included, apart from hands-free, voice and one-touch uses and emergency calls.
- CitationThe written notice issued to a driver halted for a misdemeanor traffic violation who is not taken before a magistrate.
- Reckless drivingDriving carelessly and heedlessly or without due caution in a way that endangers people or property, passing where a line marks a sight restriction, or going more than twenty over in an active school or work zone. It is a misdemeanor.
- Violation pointA point assessed for each moving traffic violation, one for a less serious violation and up to four for a more serious one. Twelve or more in any twelve consecutive months allows a suspension.