A junior-license driver is convicted of texting again, within six months of their license being restored from a prior texting suspension. What is the minimum penalty?
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A.
Revocation of at least one year. Correct
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B.
Another 120-day suspension.
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C.
A $450 fine and no license action.
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D.
A permanent lifetime ban.
The answer is "Revocation of at least one year."
A subsequent texting conviction within six months of a restored license triggers a revocation of at least one year for a probationary or junior driver. Choice B is the trap for drivers who assume the first-offense penalty simply repeats; the manual escalates from suspension on the first conviction to revocation on the next.
The traps in the wrong answers
B. Another 120-day suspension.
The subsequent-conviction penalty is a full revocation of at least one year, not another 120-day suspension. This answer assumes the first-conviction sanction repeats each time rather than escalating on the second.
C. A $450 fine and no license action.
Subsequent texting convictions for juniors and probationers bring license action, not a fine alone; the sanction is a revocation of at least one year. This answer reads the adult third-offense fine as the whole penalty for repeat offenses by junior drivers.
D. A permanent lifetime ban.
The manual sets the floor at one year of revocation, not a permanent ban. This answer overshoots the one-year minimum by treating the revocation as forever.
This question tests your knowledge of Distracted Driving in New York. Source: New York State Driver's Manual, "Penalties for texting, electronic device use," p.52..
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