Teenage Driving

If you are under 21 years of age in Georgia and convicted of committing any of the following offenses, your Georgia driver's license will be suspended for the following Non-DUI serious traffic violations:

Homicide by vehicle, as defined by Code Section 40-6-393
Any felony in the commission of which a motor vehicle is used
Hit and run or leaving the scene of an accident in violation of Code Section 40-6-270
Racing on highways and streets
Using a motor vehicle in fleeing or attempting to elude an officer
Fraudulent or fictitious use of or application for a license as provided in Code Section 40-5-120 or 40-5-125.

If you are under age 21 and are convicted of a traffic offense that is a 4 point violation, your license will be suspended.

Periods of License Suspension

If you are convicted of any of the above offenses, your driver's license will be suspended as follows:

for a first conviction, the suspension time is six months
for a second conviction, the suspension time is 12 months

Periods of Suspension for DUI

If you are under age 21 and are convicted of for your first DUI, your driver's license will be suspended for:

six months if your blood alcohol level is below .08 grams
twelve months if your blood alcohol level is .08 grams or higher

Note that if you are under 21 and convicted of DUI, there is no limited driving permit during the term of suspension.

Drivers Under Age 18

If you are under age 18, all the above information for drivers under 21 applies except for one thing. Where it takes a four-point violation to suspend the license of someone between 18 and 21, it only takes an ACCUMULATION of four points within a 12 month period to suspend the license of someone under age 18.

Other License Suspension Offenses

If you purchase alcohol, misrepresent your age to obtain alcohol, or use a fake ID to obtain alcohol, your driver's license will be suspended. For a first offense the suspension time is six months and a second offense is 12 months.

If you are convicted of driving a car while in possession of alcohol, your driver's license can be suspended on a first offense and will be suspended on a second offense. Note that simply possessing alcohol is not a license suspension offense.