A 3-minute lesson from the Montana course. Read the rules and examples, follow the handbook page references, and check your understanding before you move on.
A license is a privilege, and it can be suspended, revoked or cancelled when you break the law. Your driving record tracks every licensing action and violation — here are the penalties from across the handbook in one place.
Know the rule
A license is a privilege that can be suspended, revoked or cancelled when the driver breaks the law.
First alcohol conviction: $300–$1,000 fine plus court charges, 1 to 60 days in jail, and a six-month license suspension. Refusing a BAC test can also cost you your license.
Driving uninsured: 5 points on a first offense; license plates and registration suspended 90 days for a second offense and 180 days for a third or later.
Your driving record holds details of your application, exams, and the issuance, denial, revocation, suspension or cancellation of your license, plus your driving performance and other actions taken.
A 16-year-old in the first six months of a restricted license is caught a second time with three unrelated teen passengers and no adult. As a second offense, the license is suspended for six months.
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.
What are the five major categories of information kept on a Montana driving record?
Only convictions and fines
Insurance claims and vehicle repairs
Voter registration and organ donor status
Personal, licensing, conviction, sanction, and accident data
Answer: Personal, licensing, conviction, sanction, and accident data
A driving record includes personal history, licensing information, conviction/accident history, license sanctions, and accident history.