Illinois License Suspension Rules

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Source: Illinois Rules of the Road 2026, Chapter 8: Suspension - Traffic Violations, p. 60 · Verified Sep 2026

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Source: Illinois Rules of the Road 2026, Chapter 8: Suspension - Traffic Violations, p. 60; Chapter 3: Related Laws, p. 20 · Verified Sep 2026

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Source: Illinois Rules of the Road 2026, Chapter 8: Suspension - Traffic Violations, p. 60 · Verified Sep 2026

DUI is a direct-action revocation in Illinois, not something counted against the moving-violation tally. A first DUI conviction triggers a minimum one-year revocation of driving privileges; a second within 20 years, a minimum five-year revocation; a third, a minimum 10-year revocation; and a fourth or subsequent conviction, a lifetime revocation. The statutory summary suspension runs separately on the chemical-test result alone: six months for failing a chemical test (BAC of .08 or more), one year for refusing on a first refusal. If the driver was involved in a crash causing serious personal injury or death, refusing chemical testing results in a minimum one-year revocation on top of any conviction outcome.

Source: Illinois Rules of the Road 2026, Chapter 6: DUI Conviction, p. 50; Chapter 8: Revocation, pp. 58-59 · Verified Sep 2026

Reckless driving is also a direct-action offense rather than a points calculation. Three reckless-driving convictions within any 12-month period can result in revocation of driving privileges. Any reckless-driving conviction involving great bodily harm, permanent disability, or disfigurement to another person is by itself revocable as Aggravated Reckless Driving. Reckless homicide, including any death that occurs while driving recklessly or while driving on a license suspended or revoked because of an Aggravated DUI, is also a revocable offense.

Source: Illinois Rules of the Road 2026, Chapter 8: Driver's License Revocation, Suspension, Denial and Cancellation, Revocation, pp. 58-59 · Verified Sep 2026

Illinois handles excessive speeding through a mix of direct action and the standard three-convictions-in-12-months rule. Speeding in a posted construction zone when workers are present is the clearest direct-action trigger: a second violation within two years of the previous one results in suspension of the license. A single conviction for failure to reduce speed or change lanes in a construction zone that causes property damage or injury also triggers suspension. Failure to reduce speed or change lanes for a stationary emergency vehicle using audible and visual signals carries the same treatment if it results in property damage or injury. Otherwise, speeding tickets accumulate under the conviction-count rule: three convictions in 12 months, or two in 24 months for a driver under 21, sends the record to the Secretary of State for review. How long the suspension runs is then set by the points those convictions carry, not by the count. For a driver with no prior suspension in the past seven years, 14 points or fewer draws no action at all, 15 to 44 points draws a two-month suspension, and the periods climb with the point total to revocation above 109. The under-21 table is separate: 9 points or fewer draws no action and 10 to 34 points draws a one-month suspension, which is the 30-day minimum the manual quotes for drivers under 21.

Source: Illinois Rules of the Road 2026, Chapter 8: Suspension, pp. 59-60, which lists "Causing a Crash in a Construction Zone: Failure to reduce speed or change lanes in a construction zone that results in property damage or injury to another", "Speeding in a Construction Zone: A second violation within two years of the previous violation of speeding in a construction zone when workers are present", "Failure to Yield to an Emergency Vehicle Using Audible and Visual Signals (lights and sirens): Failure to reduce speed and to change lanes away from a stationary emergency vehicle that results in property damage or injury to another", and "Traffic Violations: Three traffic violation convictions during a 12-month period. (If you are under age 21 at the time of arrest, two traffic violations within any 24-month period.)". The manual gives no suspension length for the general rule; the lengths come from the point tables in 92 Ill. Adm. Code 1040.30(a) (no prior suspension within seven years: 0 through 14 points no action, 15 through 44 two months, 45 through 74 three months, 75 through 89 six months, 90 through 99 nine months, 100 through 109 twelve months, 110 or more revocation) and 92 Ill. Adm. Code 1040.29(a) (two or more convictions within 24 months while under 21: 0 through 9 points no action, 10 through 34 one month, rising to revocation over 79). Illinois Rules of the Road 2026, Chapter 3: Related Laws, p. 20, is where the manual states the under-21 "minimum 30-day suspension". · Verified Sep 2026