Car permit · Penalties and points

What determines whether a traffic offense is treated as a moving or a non-moving violation?

Correct answer: Whether it concerns how the vehicle was being driven.

Answer options

AHow the court and the state's licensing department classify it
BWhether it concerns how the vehicle was being driven Correct
CWhatever the police officer decides at the scene

Why

A moving violation is an offense involving how a vehicle is driven while it is moving, such as speeding, failing to signal or running a red light. Non-moving violations, such as parking offenses, an expired registration or faulty equipment, concern where the car is left, its paperwork or its condition rather than how it is driven. The category follows from the type of offense under state law, not from a case-by-case choice by a court, the licensing office or the officer at the scene.