Illinois traffic tickets.
In Illinois your point total alone never suspends you. It takes three convictions in twelve months before the points are even looked at.
How it works in Illinois.
The Circuit Court of the county, with the Secretary of State assessing points. Illinois works backwards from convictions, not from a point ceiling.
The trigger is three convictions for moving violations within any twelve month period, or two within twenty four months for drivers under twenty one. Only then do points determine the length of the suspension.
15 to 44 points
Two month suspension
45 to 74 points
Three months
75 to 89 points
Six months
110 or more points
Revocation
Court supervision is confidential from your insurer by statute.
Under 625 ILCS 5/6-204 a supervision disposition is available only to the driver, to the parent of a minor permit holder, and to courts, police, prosecutors and licensing administrators. Your insurance company legally cannot see it. That makes supervision far more valuable in Illinois than the equivalent disposition in most states.
And a single fifty point ticket does nothing on its own, because the point table is never consulted until the third conviction lands.
Common violations and what they carry.
Speeding, 1 to 10 over
92 Ill. Adm. Code 1040.20
Five points.
Speeding, 11 to 14 over
92 Ill. Adm. Code 1040.20
Fifteen points.
Speeding, 15 to 25 over
92 Ill. Adm. Code 1040.20
Twenty points.
Speeding, more than 25 over
92 Ill. Adm. Code 1040.20
Fifty points, and still nothing on its own until a third conviction lands.
Disregarding a traffic control light
92 Ill. Adm. Code 1040.20
Twenty points.
Failure to obey a stop or yield sign
92 Ill. Adm. Code 1040.20
Twenty points.
Improper lane usage
92 Ill. Adm. Code 1040.20
Twenty points.
Following too closely
92 Ill. Adm. Code 1040.20
Twenty five points.
Illinois replaced fee stacking with fixed schedules: $325 for a major traffic offence, $226 for a minor one, $164 for a written plead and pay disposition, with a further $28 to $37 possible in Cook County. Driving record retention is not verified.
What actually helps here.
Court supervision
Under 730 ILCS 5/5-6-3.1 the court withholds judgment and, on successful completion, discharges you and dismisses the charge. It is not a conviction, so there are no points and it does not count towards the three.
Maximum period two years, traffic safety school a standard condition.
You cannot have it if you have been assigned supervision twice in the twelve months before your arrest for a movement violation, and it is closed to DUI, certain driving while suspended cases, and speeding twenty six or more miles per hour over in an urban district.
Knowing the count, not the total
The point table is never consulted until a third moving violation conviction lands within twelve months, or a second within twenty four months for drivers under twenty one.
A single high point ticket does nothing on its own, which changes what is worth fighting and what is not.
The appearance date on the citation
To avoid a second trip, a not guilty defendant must notify the clerk at least ten days beforehand, excluding weekends and holidays.
Not verified
No Supreme Court rule expressly authorises it, and practice varies by circuit, although attorneys routinely appear alone on minor traffic matters in Cook and the collar counties.
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