A 3-minute lesson from the New Mexico course. Read the rules and examples, follow the handbook page references, and check your understanding before you move on.
A license isn't permanent. You must drive safely at all times to keep it, and the MVD can take it away for dangerous or dishonest behavior.
Some of these are driving offenses. Others, like lying on an application or lending your license, happen away from the road but cost you the same privilege.
You can lose your driving privileges for:
A conviction for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs
Refusing a police officer's request to be tested for alcohol or drugs
Leaving the scene of an accident you're involved in without identifying yourself
Giving false information when you apply for a license
Failing to settle a financial judgment against you for damages from a vehicle accident
Your 20-year-old friend asks to borrow your license to buy beer. Saying yes can cost you your license (letting someone else use it), and your friend risks theirs too (using someone else's license to buy alcohol).
Put it into practice
You write a false address on your license application. Giving false information on an application is on the list of reasons you can lose your driving privileges.
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 can happen if you fail to appear for a re-examination when the MVD requests it?
Nothing, if your license is still valid
You can lose your driving privileges
You receive two points on your record
You must retake driver education
Answer: You can lose your driving privileges
Failing to appear for a re-examination when requested by the MVD is listed as a way to lose your driving privileges.