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Missouri Revised Statutes
Chapter 302 Driver’s and Commercial Drivers’ Licenses Section 302.302
According to Chapter 302, Section 302.302 of the Missouri Revised Statutes, the state of Missouri has in effect a point system for the suspension and revocation of licenses. Included in section 5 of the statue is a system for the assessment of points against the operator.
The system shall provide that the satisfactory completion of a driver improvement program or, in the case of violations committed while operating a motorcycle, a motorcycle-rider training course approved by the director of the department of public safety, by an operator, when so ordered and verified by any court having jurisdiction over any law of this state or county or municipal ordinance, regulating motor vehicles, other than a violation committed in a commercial motor vehicles, or other violation committed in a commercial motor vehicle as defined in section 302.700, shall be accepted by the director in lieu of the assessment of points for a violation pursuant to subdivision (1), (2), or (4) of subsection 1 of this section or pursuant to subsection 3 of this section. For the purposes of this subsection, the driver improvement program shall meet or exceed the standards of the National Safety Council’s eight (8) hour “Defensive Driving Course” or, in the case of a violation which occurred during the operations of a motorcycle, the program shall meet the standards established by the director of the department of public safety pursuant to sections 302.133 to 302.138.
Contact:
Jim Delap, Program Manager
Transportation Safety Programs
jdelap@ucmo.edu
Missouri Safety Center-Highway Safety Instructional Park
1200 South Holden
Warrensburg, MO 64093
Phone: 800-801-3588 or 660-543-4081
Fax: 660-543-4574
