penalty points
License suspension builders
Penalty points are demerits added to a driver's license record for traffic violations, accumulating toward potential license suspension.
In the UK and other countries with formal point systems, reaching a threshold—typically twelve points—triggers automatic disqualification from driving.
He got three penalty points for running a red light.
The term extends to other contexts where infractions accumulate toward a consequence, such as competition scoring or disciplinary systems.
- demeritPunitive mark recorded
- traffic violationsIllegal acts while driving
- reckless drivingUnsafe vehicle operation
- behind the wheelOperating a vehicle
- speeding ticketsFines for excessive velocity
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- racing penaltiesdisqualification, black flag, drive-through, stop-and-go, stop-go
- racing rulesdisqualification, false start, eligibility, interference, objection
- scoresscore, scores, point, high score, total
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Additional rewards earned
reward points · achievement points · loyalty points · brownie points · extra credit
penalty pointsclean record
Absence of prior offenses
safe driver discount · amnesty · expungement · pardon · rehabilitation
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