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Oklahoma driving lesson · DUI, Violations and Penalties

Suspension, probation and mandatory revocation

A 3-minute lesson from the Oklahoma course. Read the rules and examples, follow the handbook page references, and check your understanding before you move on.

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3 minutes
Course unit
DUI, Violations and Penalties
Checkpoint questions
3
Source pages
30, 69, 71

Some convictions don't leave Service Oklahoma any choice: state law requires revoking (withdrawing) your license. Young drivers are also on probation until 18, so even a single moving violation can cost them their license.

Know the rule

If your license is suspended or revoked, you can't apply for a new license until you are reinstated, and you can't legally drive until your license is restored. Driving on a suspended or revoked license is a serious crime with severe punishment.

Handbook p. 69 ↗

Know the rule

A license issued to a driver under 18 is probationary: a trial period to show you can drive safely and legally. Service Oklahoma can, at its discretion, cancel or suspend it for any moving traffic violation.

Handbook p. 71 ↗
6 months to 3 years

Mandatory revocation period for the convictions listed below

Handbook p. 71 ↗

Mandatory revocation convictions:

  • Manslaughter or negligent homicide resulting from operating a motor vehicle
  • Driving or being in actual physical control of a vehicle under the influence of intoxicants
  • Any felony in which a motor vehicle is used
  • Failing to stop and render aid after a collision with death or injury (hit-and-run)
  • Perjury or a false statement under oath to get a license or about a vehicle's ownership/operation
  • Any drug conviction (misdemeanor or felony) while using a motor vehicle
  • Under 21: driving or in actual physical control with any measurable quantity of alcohol
Handbook p. 71 ↗

Know the rule

No additional DUI suspension is made if your driving privilege was already revoked under the Implied Consent Law for the same incident.

Handbook p. 71 ↗
1 year

Mandatory revocation for failing to stop for a school bus with red loading/unloading lights flashing

Handbook p. 30 ↗

Put it into practice

A 17-year-old gets a ticket for running a stop sign. Because a license under 18 is probationary, Service Oklahoma can cancel or suspend it for that one moving violation. One ticket can take a teen off the road.

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.

A driver is convicted of negligent homicide while operating a motor vehicle. How long must the license be revoked?
  1. 30 days to 6 months
  2. 6 months to 3 years
  3. 180 days to 2 years
  4. 1 year to 5 years

Answer: 6 months to 3 years

State law requires revocation for 6 months to 3 years for convictions such as manslaughter or negligent homicide involving a vehicle.

Handbook p. 71 ↗
Which of these convictions requires mandatory revocation of an Oklahoma driver license?
  1. Speeding 20 mph over the limit
  2. Careless driving that damages property
  3. Following another car too closely
  4. Leaving the scene of an injury crash

Answer: Leaving the scene of an injury crash

Failure to stop and render aid after a collision with death or personal injury (hit-and-run) is a mandatory revocation offense.

Handbook p. 71 ↗
Service Oklahoma can cancel or suspend the license of a driver under 18 for any moving traffic violation.
  1. True
  2. False

Answer: True

A license issued to a driver under 18 is probationary, and Service Oklahoma may cancel or suspend it for any moving traffic violation.

Handbook p. 71 ↗
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