Vehicles: driver's record: violation point counts.

Existing law establishes that specified convictions and violations under the Vehicle Code and traffic-related incidents count as points against a driver's record for purposes of the suspension or revocation of the privilege to drive and that certain other violations do not result in a violation point count. Existing law assesses a point against the driver's record if the driver is deemed by the department to be responsible for a traffic accident. This bill would authorize a person whose driving record has been assessed a point based on responsibility for a traffic accident to request an administrative hearing with the department within one year of the assessment to contest the assessment.