Suspended Driver’s License
Offenses that cause immediate suspension:
- First offense DUI : 6 month suspension
- Second offense DUI : one year suspension
- Third offense DUI : two year suspension
- DUAC : 6 month suspension
- Driving uninsured : indefinite suspension (cases vary)
- Failure to pay a traffic ticket : indefinite suspension (cases vary)
- Failure to maintain SR-22 Insurance : indefinite suspension (cases vary)
- 12-15 points = 3 month suspension
- 16-17 points = 4 month suspension
- 18-19 points = 5 months suspension
- 20 or more points = 6 months suspension
South Carolina Points System
2 points
- Failure to dim lights
- Improper backing
- Speeding no more than 10mph above the limit
- Improper changing lanes
- Dangerous parking
- Improper lights
- Driving in the wrong lane
- Defective tail lights
- Too fast for conditions
- Driving in unsafe conditions
4 points
- Failure to yield the right of way
- Speeding more than 10mph above the limit / less than 25 mph above
- Failure to signal stopping, turning, or suddenly decreasing speed
- Following too closely
- Illegal turn
- Illegal passing
- Improper brakes
- Improper or no signal
- Operating on the wrong side of the road
- Driving within or through a safety zone
- Ignoring train signal
- Ignoring railroad signal/sign
- Ignoring traffic director
- Ignoring any traffic devise
6 points
- Reckless driving
- Passing a stopped school bus
- Speeding more than 25mph above limit
The number of points assigned to a violation is cut in half after one year from the date of the violation, and each year after that. You may take a defensive driving class to earn approximately half of your points back.
If your license is suspended you may be eligible for a Provisional License.