Vermont driving lesson · Keeping Your License Valid
How you can lose your license
A 3-minute lesson from the Vermont course. Read the rules and examples, follow the handbook page references, and check your understanding before you move on.
Besides points, Vermont law names other ways to lose your license before you even get one: underage drinking violations, lying on an application, and being suspended in another state. These rules come with specific deadlines and penalties.
Know the rule
A minor caught and ticketed for misrepresenting age, or procuring, possessing or consuming alcohol, must contact the Teen Alcohol Safety Program (TASP) of Vermont Court Diversion. They must take an alcohol evaluation and follow the counselor's recommendations.
If you fail to complete TASP or other diversion requirements, your license or privilege to drive is suspended, and you must pay DMV fees to be reinstated. These programs also charge fees, and insurance rates may rise sharply.
A national system the DMV checks when you apply for a permit, Junior License or Driver's License, to see if you're suspended, revoked, denied or canceled in another state.
If PDPS shows you're suspended, revoked, denied or canceled in another state, you can't be tested or get a Vermont permit or license until you prove you've been reinstated or cleared there.
A 17-year-old is ticketed for possessing alcohol. She must contact TASP within 15 days. If she ignores it, the case goes to the judicial bureau, where being found liable means a $300 penalty and a 90-day suspension.
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 Vermont license applicant's Problem Driver Pointer System check shows they are suspended in another state. What happens?
No VT license until they're reinstated
They get a VT license with restrictions
They get a 90-day temporary VT license
Vermont ignores out-of-state suspensions
Answer: No VT license until they're reinstated
The Problem Driver Pointer System flags out-of-state suspensions, and VT denies licensing until you're reinstated.