Junior operator suspensions — Massachusetts Permit Test

A Junior Operator convicted of a listed serious offense faces an extra 180 day suspension for a first offense and one year for any later one.

The extra period sits on top of whatever else the law requires, and it applies to Junior Operators and nobody else.

Massachusetts General Laws chapter 90, section 24p requires that any Junior Operator who is convicted of Operating Under the Influence (OUI), Operating to Endanger, Leaving the Scene of a Crash, Drinking from an Open Alcohol Container, OUI with Serious Bodily Injury, Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle, Reckless/ Negligent Operation, Loaning/ Allowing Another to Use Your License or Learner’s Permit, or Motor Vehicle Homicide will face a 180 day suspension (in addition to any other suspension required by law) for a first offense, or a one year suspension for any subsequent offense.

Operating Under the Influence, Operating to Endanger, and Leaving the Scene of a Crash are among the offenses that bring a Junior Operator the extra suspension.

The list reaches beyond alcohol. Lending your permit to somebody else is on it too.

any Junior Operator who is convicted of Operating Under the Influence (OUI), Operating to Endanger, Leaving the Scene of a Crash

The extra Junior Operator suspension does not apply where the driver already received one for failing or refusing a breath test.

The state adds the period once rather than twice. A refused breath test has already carried its own.

This additional suspension only applies to Junior Operators, and only in cases in which they did not already receive an additional suspension for failing or refusing a breath test.

A Junior Operator's parent or guardian is notified of the suspension, in addition to the penalties in the charts.

The notification is part of the penalty rather than a courtesy. The law assumes a parent should know.

your parent or guardian will be notified of the suspension

A Junior Operator only has to take the State Courts Against Road Rage course once.

It is required for certain categories of violation and can also be ordered by a court, but never twice.

A Junior Operator will only be required to take the SCARR course one time.

A Junior Operator who commits certain categories of motor vehicle violation is required by law to complete the SCARR program.

It is not something a judge has to order, though a judge can. Certain violations carry it by themselves.

A Massachusetts JOL License or permit holder that commits certain categories of motor vehicle violations is required under law to complete the SCARR program.

What extra suspension does a Junior Operator face for a first listed serious offense?

180 days. The extra period sits on top of whatever else the law requires, and it applies to Junior Operators and nobody else. Massachusetts Driver's Manual, p.65: “Massachusetts General Laws chapter 90, section 24p requires that any Junior Operator who is convicted of Operating Under the Influence (OUI), Operating to Endanger, Leaving the Scene of a Crash, Drinking from an Open Alcohol Container, OUI with Serious Bodily Injury, Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle, Reckless/ Negligent Operation, Loaning/ Allowing Another to Use Your License or Learner’s Permit, or Motor Vehicle Homicide will face a 180 day suspension (in addition to any other suspension required by law) for a first offense, or a one year suspension for any subsequent offense.”