Special Points With 100% CORRECT ANSWERS

Special Points With 100% Correct
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How does one end up having to take the special points exam? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔earning 6 or more points for the first time
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How long does one have to pass the SP exam? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔within 30
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days of your notification letter.
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What is PennDOT's goal? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔To help you improve your driving
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and avoid future violations.
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What information do I need to take to the exam? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Notification
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letter and driver's license.
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What are the three kinds of sanctions imposed by PennDOT? - CORRECT ANSWER✔
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✔exams, hearings, and suspensions J J J




What is a sanction? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔A penalty threatened for breaking the
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law.
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True or False: PennDOT can change penalties in extreme cases, if petitioned in writing.
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- CORRECT ANSWER✔✔FALSE. PennDOT cannot change penalties.
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True or False: PennDOT maintains records only for drivers convicted of violations in PA
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who are PA residents. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔FALSE. PennDOT keeps records on
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ALL drivers convicted of violations in PA, whether or not they're licensed drivers in PA.
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What is the most common violation for folks who must take the Special Points Exam? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔Speeding; most people have earned two 3-point violations.
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Speeding violations earn how many points for a driver? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔
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between 2 to 5 points, depending on the number of mph traveled above the posted
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speed limit.
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, Traveling 6 to 10 miles above the posted speed limit can earn the driver how many
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points? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔2 points
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Traveling 11 to 15 miles above the posted speed limit can earn the driver how many
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points? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔3 points
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Traveling 16 to 20 miles above the posted speed limit can earn the driver how many
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points? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔4 points
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Traveling 21 or more miles above the posted speed limit can earn the driver how many
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points? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔5 points
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How many points for failure to stop for a red light or stop sign? - CORRECT ANSWER✔
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✔3 points
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How many points for driving too fast for conditions? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔2 points
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How many points for improper passing? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔3 points
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How many points for failure to yield? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔3 points
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What will happen if a driver is required to take the SPE, but fails to do so within 30 days?
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Then what if s/he STILL doesn't take the exam? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔PennDOT
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will send them a letter specifying that in 30 days, their driving privilege will be
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suspended. Failure to do so after that, their license will be suspended until they take and
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pass the exam, and also pay a restoration fee.
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What are the two types of exams used by PennDOT as sanctions? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔Special Points Exam and Special On-Road Driver's Exam.
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What happens if a driver's privileges are suspended, and she is convicted of driving
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anyway? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔one year suspension
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What are the benefits of passing the SPE exam within 30 days of one's notification
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letter? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔2 points will be deducted from their driving record.
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What two reasons could cause a person to have to take the Special On-Road Driver's
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Examination? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔(a) driver's record goes down below 6 points,
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then rises above 6 points again. (b) driver is convicted of a high speed violation.
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What is a departmental hearing? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔A sanction in which a driver
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must meet with a PennDOT examiner; PennDOT notifies the driver that s/he must arrive
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on a specific date, at a specified time and location.
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