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If the Registry has suspended your license due to a JOL violation, it is illegal for you to operate a motor vehicle until your license is fully reinstated. Also, the RMV can legally combine JOL offenses with any other prior and future motor vehicle offenses to determine impose new suspensions or reinstatement requirements. The Mass. RMV states that you must serve JOL license suspensions even if you have since reached 18 years of age and are no longer the holder of a JOL.
If you are found responsible for speeding while on a JOL, the RMV will suspend your license for 90 days for a first offense, pursuant to G.L c. 90 § 20. Absent a successful appeal, MassDOT will not reinstate your license until you complete the Attitude Retraining Program, serve the entire suspension, pay the $500.00 reinstatement fee and pass written and road exams. The RMV will also require you to pass the State Courts Against Road Rage (SCARR) program if you have not already done so in the past.
You must provide proof of completing the NSC Attitude Retraining and SCARR programs to a Registry Hearing Officer when you reinstate. You cannot get your license reinstated if you have not taken the classes, even if you have served your suspension time.
You have a right to request a hearing on the suspension with an RMV Hearing Officer. If you appealed the citation in the District Court and you won the appeal, you should bring a certified motor vehicle abstract from the Clerk of Courts to your RMV hearing. Without the abstract, the citation record is deemed to be correct.
According to the Registry, you are not eligible for a hardship license or any driving privileges while suspended. However, the Board of Appeal does have the ability to grant a hardship license. No appeal will delay the suspension, which will not be postponed. The Registry holds hearings on a walk-in basis from 9:00AM-4:30PM weekdays (except holidays) at RMV offices in Brockton, Worcester, Springfield, Lawrence, and at the Driver Control Unit in Boston.