Three surchargeable events in two years
A free practice question for the Massachusetts permit test, with the answer explained.
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What happens after three surchargeable events within two years?
The rule
Three surchargeable events (moving violations or at-fault crashes) within two years mean you must finish a Driver Retraining course in 90 days; if you don't, your license is suspended until you do. The course doesn't erase them.
Three surchargeable events within two years mean a Driver Retraining course, finished within 90 days.
From the Massachusetts Driver's Manual, page 59. This question is our own wording of that rule. The handbook and the RMV have the final word.
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