Points and driver safety — Indiana Permit Test

Speeding 1 to 15 mph over the limit adds 2 points to your Indiana driving record.

Even small speeding tickets count, and points build up into suspensions if you keep collecting them.

1 – 15 miles per hour over the speed limit 2 points

Speeding 16 to 25 mph over the limit adds 4 points to your record.

Faster speeding is more dangerous, so it costs more points.

16 – 25 miles per hour over the speed limit 4 points

Speeding 26 mph or more over the limit adds 6 points to your record.

At that speed a driver has little time to stop or steer, so the penalty is among the heaviest.

26+ miles per hour over the speed limit 6 points

Following another vehicle too closely adds 6 points to your record.

Tailgating leaves no time to stop, which is why it costs as much as serious speeding.

Following another vehicle too closely 6 points

Failing to yield to an emergency vehicle adds 6 points to your record.

Blocking an ambulance or fire truck can cost someone else their life.

Failure to yield to an emergency vehicle 6 points

Disregarding a stop sign or yield sign adds 4 points to your record.

Running a stop or yield sign is how many side-impact crashes start.

Disregarding a stop sign or yield sign 4 points

Driving while suspended adds 8 points to your record.

Driving after the state has taken your privileges away is treated as one of the most serious violations.

Driving while suspended 8 points

Failing to use headlights adds 2 points to your record.

Without lights other drivers cannot see you coming, especially at dusk and in the rain.

Failure to use headlights 2 points

Points stay active on your Indiana driving record for two years from the conviction date.

Points do not last forever, but for two years each new ticket adds to the old ones.

Points stay active on your driver record for two years from the conviction date.

Completing a BMV-approved Driver Safety Program earns a four-point credit, and a driver may receive one such credit every three years.

The credit rewards a driver who takes a refresher course, but it cannot be used again and again.

Each driver is allowed one four-point credit during a three-year period.

A driver ordered by the BMV to take a Driver Safety Program who does not finish it within 90 days of the notice will be suspended.

The course is a warning step. Ignoring it shows the state the warning did not work.

Failure to complete a DSP course within 90 days from the date of the BMV’s mailed notice will result in the suspension of your driving privileges.

The BMV may require a driver 21 or older who is convicted of two or more traffic offenses within 12 months to complete a Driver Safety Program.

Two tickets in one year is a pattern, and the course is meant to break it before a crash does.

The BMV may require drivers 21 years of age and older who are convicted of two or more traffic offenses within a 12-month period to complete a BMV-approved DSP course.

How many points does speeding 1 to 15 mph over the limit add?

2 points. Even small speeding tickets count, and points build up into suspensions if you keep collecting them. Indiana Driver's Manual, p.21: “1 – 15 miles per hour over the speed limit 2 points”