Penalties for breaking the JOL passenger or night rule
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A junior operator breaks the passenger or night restriction for the first time. What is the suspension?
The rule
Breaking the JOL passenger or night restriction means a 60-day suspension the first time, 180 days the second and one year after that. Second and later offenses also require a Driver Attitudinal Retraining course.
A first passenger or night-rule violation brings a 60-day suspension. A second: 180 days. After that: one year.
From the Massachusetts Driver's Manual, page 11. This question is our own wording of that rule. The handbook and the RMV have the final word.
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