No Points on Unsafe 97.2 if More than Five Years between Offenses. Patel v. New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission 200 NJ 413 (2009)

No Points on Unsafe 97.2 if More than Five Years between Offenses. Patel v. New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission 200 NJ 413
(2009)
The unsafe driving ticket is no points for offense one and two. The 3rd gives the driver 4 points, unless there is more than 5 years between the 2nd and 3rd offense. The Supreme Court held Under N.J.S.A. 39:4-97.2(e), the exemption provision for assessing motor vehicle penalty points for an unsafe driving offense that occurs more than five years after “the prior offense,” “the prior offense” refers only to the most recent preceding offense based on both a plain reading of the statute and a review of the legislative history. Thus, the Motor Vehicle Commission correctly imposed motor vehicle points on Patel for having a fourth unsafe driving conviction in 2007, only one year after the date of her prior, third, unsafe driving offense.