Junior and probationary drivers: phone or texting
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A junior license holder is convicted of texting while driving for the first time. What happens?
The rule
For a junior or probationary license holder caught using a hand-held phone or texting while driving, a first conviction brings a 120-day suspension. A later conviction within six months of getting the license back means a revocation of at least one year.
Junior and probationary drivers caught texting or holding a phone while driving lose their license for 120 days after a first conviction. Another conviction within six months of getting it back means at least a one-year revocation.
From the New York State Driver's Manual, page 52. This question is our own wording of that rule. The handbook and the DMV have the final word.
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