Even for first time Rochester DWI offenders, the Department of Motor Vehicles will conduct a review of the driver’s record at the conclusion of the mandatory driver’s license revocation period to determine if full driving privileges should be reinstated.

For repeat DWI offenders, the regulations of the DMV may require an additional, lengthy period of time before driving privileges will be restored.

An additional driver’s license revocation may also occur – even for first time offenders – if the driver has a recent history of bad driving aside from the DWI conviction.

When determining whether to restore driving privileges, the DMV considers essentially all vehicle-related incidents – except non-moving violations – that occurred within the past three years.Each of these incidents is assigned a certain number of points by the DMV.

More points are assigned for what would be considered more serious offenses (for example, a DWI conviction would be assigned more points than a speeding ticket), and offenses that occurred within the past year are assigned more points than offenses that occurred between one and three years ago.

If a driver convicted of DWI has accumulated 25 or more points, the DMV may refuse to restore full driving privileges after the completion of the mandatory period of driver’s license revocation.

This point system is different than the point system many driver’s are familiar with where points are assigned for traffic violations and used by the DMV to determine whether a driver’s license should be suspended based on the number of points accumulated.

The number of points assigned to each offense are different in each system, and the points used to determine whether a revoked driver’s license should be restored cannot be reduced by participating in a motor vehicle accident prevention course.

The system used by the DMV when determining whether to return a driver’s license following a DWI conviction is very complicated.

If you need the help of an experienced DWI lawyer, call us at 585-484-7432.