A 3-minute lesson from the Delaware course. Read the rules and examples, follow the handbook page references, and check your understanding before you move on.
Every moving-violation conviction adds points to your record. Delaware uses 'calculated points'—which lose value over two years—to decide when to warn you, send you to a course or suspend you. The program's goal is crash prevention.
Points per violation
Points per violation
Violation
Points
Speeding 1–9 mph over the limit
2
Speeding 10–14 mph over
4
Speeding 15–19 mph / 20+ mph over
5 / 5*
Disregarding a stop sign or red light
3
Passing a stopped school bus
6*
Reckless driving / aggressive driving
6 / 6
Operating a vehicle causing death
6*
Other moving violations (Title 21, Ch. 27, 41, 42)
Calculated points count at full value for the first 12 months after the violation date and at half value for the second 12 months. All actions are based on calculated points within the 24 months after the offense.
For suspensions at 14 points or more, you must complete (or have completed within the previous two years) a behavior modification/attitudinal-driving course before you can be reinstated.
A DMV program (Regulation 2208) that identifies problem drivers and responds with advisory letters, training and escalating suspensions as convictions and points build up.
In March you get 4 points for going 12 mph over. The next January you get 3 points for running a red light. The speeding points are still within 12 months, so you have 7 calculated points. One more 2-point violation soon would reach 9—enough for an advisory letter.
Check your understanding
Read the question, decide on an answer, then open it to check the explanation. These are Roadwise study questions based on the source handbook.
How many points are assessed for speeding 1 to 9 mph over the posted limit?
1 point
4 points
6 points
2 points
Answer: 2 points
Speeding 1-9 mph over the posted limit is assessed 2 points on your Delaware driving record.