Traffic Tickets with the associated Demerit Points have a
Direct Impact on Insurance Rates and your right to drive in Ontario
The goal of the Ministry of Transportation is to penalise drivers who accumlate too many demerit points by removing their driving privileges, and subsequently their right to drive.
Probationary drivers in Ontario are allowed to accumlate six demerit points, fully licenced drivers may accumlate fifteen demerit points. Upon reaching fifteen demerit points the Ontario Ministry of Transportation will suspend the driver's licence for thirty days for a first demerit point violation, and up to six months for any subsequent accumulations of demerit points.
As well, fully licenced drivers may be required to attend at the offices of the Ministry of Transportation for an interview upon the acculmation of nine demerit points.
The Ministry of Transportation of Ontario may suspend a driver's licence as a result of a demerit point interview. The Ministry may require the driver to appear at their offices for an interview to accertain why the driver has accumlated nine or more demerit points within a two year period. The Ministry of Transportation may suspend the driver's licence for failing to appear for the interview, or if the driver has not shown cause at the interview why the drivers licence should not be suspended, or the accumlation of too many demerit points
Drivers convicted of certain traffic tickets will have demerit points recorded on their records. It is a common misconception that drivers "lose" demerit points. In fact, a driver begins with zero demerit points and accumulates demerit points for convictions.
Demerit points stay on your driving record for two years from the date the traffic ticket is received, after a two year period the demerit points are removed from the drivers licence.
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