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DMV will restrict your driving privileges for 30 days if you are 18 years or older of age and have three convictions of the offenses on this list, three accidents, or a combination totaling three within an 18 month period.

DMV will suspend your driving privileges 30 days if you have four convictions of the offenses on this list, three accidents, or a combination totaling four within a 24 month period.

DMV will suspend your license in relation to any of the following: 1) Failure to Appear/Comply, 2) Failure to Pay Child Support, 3) Court Denial (Suspension for Underage Alcohol Offense), 4) DUII conviction, or 5) Court Order

Receiving several convictions for the offenses on this list could result in driver improvement restriction or a suspension of your license in the near future.

DMV will suspend your commercial driving privileges for 60 days if you are convicted of two of the offenses listed below within a three year period. DMV will suspend your commercial driving privileges for 120 days if you are convicted of three or more of these offenses within a three year period.

While operating any type of motor vehicle (commercial or non-commercial) while holding a valid CDL:

• Reckless Driving (ORS 811.140);
• Exceeding the speed limit while driving 100 mph or more; or
• Exceeding the speed limit by 30 mph or more when the court imposes a suspension.

While operating a Commercial Motor Vehicle (CMV):

• Operating the vehicle 15 miles per hour or more above the posted limit;
• Operating the vehicle without driving privileges;
• Failing to carry a driver license or presenting the driver license to a police officer;
• Driving on the left side of a curve, grade, intersection, or rail crossing;
• Failing to drive within a lane;
• Unsafe passing on the left or right;
• Following too closely;
• Violating any law related to traffic control if the violation is connected to a fatal accident; or
• Violating any law of another jurisdiction that corresponds to an Oregon law described above.

Keep in mind a restriction or regular driver license suspension can have devastating consequences for your Oregon CDL and may disqualify from your CDL under the Federal Commercial Drivers Program.

By Shannon I. Wilson