Four Driving Demerit Point Offenses

Virginia's "demerit point" system for traffic offenses is described on this page. The four point offense are listed below.

Reckless Driving & Speeding

  • Reckless driving - failure to stop before entering a highway
  • Speeding
  • Speeding 10-14 mph above the posted speed limit
  • Speeding 15-19 mph above the posted speed limit
  • Speeding 10-19 mph above the posted speed limit

Passing

  • Passing when unsafe
  • Passing to the left of approaching vehicle

Stopping/Yielding

  • Failure to drive to the right and stop for police/fire/emergency vehicle
  • Failure to stop for pedestrian with white cane
  • Failure to stop and yield right-of-way
  • Failure to yield right-of-way
  • Failure to yield when turning left
  • Failure to yield to funeral procession

Keeping to the Right

  • Failure to drive on right half of highway or street
  • Failure to keep to the right when crossing an intersection
  • Driving to the left of rotary traffic island

Following/Signaling

  • Following too closely
  • Failure to signal before moving from curb
  • Improper signal

Railroad Crossings

  • Failure to obey railroad crossing signal
  • Failure to stop at railroad grade crossing
  • Failure to keep to the right at a railroad crossing
  • Failure to stop passenger-carrying vehicle at railroad grade crossing
  • Railroad crossing/stopping
  • Improper operation of crawler-type tractor over railroad crossing

Railroad Crossings - Commercial Drivers

  • Failure to slow down/stop at a railroad crossing
  • Failure to have sufficient space to drive through a railroad crossing
  • Failure to obey traffic control device or enforcement official at a railroad crossing
  • Failure to have sufficient undercarriage clearance at a railroad crossing

Miscellaneous

  • Operating a motor vehicle while suspended/revoked/restricted with a blood alcohol content of .02% or more
  • Failure to stop at the scene of a crash, unattended property, damage in excess of $500
  • Failure to stop at the scene of a crash, property damage
  • Emergency vehicle violation - property damage
  • Emergency vehicle violation - injury
  • Aggressive driving
  • Failure to obey traffic signal
  • Failure to obey lane directional signal
  • Failure to obey highway lane markings
  • Improper backing, stopping or turning
  • Driving the wrong way on one-way highway or street
  • Impeding/disrupting funeral procession
  • Disregarding police officer's signal to stop
  • Disregarding crossing guard/officer's signal
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