22 | Driver’s Manual DRIVER RESPONSIBILITY ASSESSMENTS DRIVING WHILE SUSPENDED OR REVOKED alcohol or drug-related incident. Drivers with 10  or more suspensions for failure to answer traffic  tickets or pay fines are also subject to severe  penalties. Drivers with 20 or more suspensions  for failure to answer tickets or pay fines face a  criminal charge, even if you were not driving  when arrested.  In addition to any fines, fees, penalties and sur- charges authorized by law, you may have to pay  a “Driver Responsibility Assessment” for some  violations that result in a conviction or administra- tive finding. Your learner permit, driver license or  driving privileges will be suspended if you do not  make these payments. If you are convicted of Aggravated Driving  While Intoxicated (Agg-DWI), Driving While Intoxi- cated (DWI), Driving While Ability Impaired (DWAI),  Driving While Ability Impaired by Drugs, DWAI-al- cohol combined with drugs, or if you refused to  submit to a chemical test, you will be required to  pay a driver responsibility assessment of $250  each year for the next three years. If you are convicted of one or more traffic  violations resulting in six points in any 18-month  period, you will be required to pay $100 each  year for the next three years. For each additional  point you receive during that period, you will be  required to pay another $25 per point every year  for three years. For information about how points  are assessed, see “The Point System” in this chapter.  This assessment applies to motorists convicted  of violations while driving motor vehicles, and  in some cases, motorboats and snowmobiles.  Completion of a DMV-approved “Motor Vehicle  Accident Prevention Course” will not prevent or  reduce the calculation of points that affect the  Driver Responsibility Assessment. It is a criminal violation to drive while your  license is suspended or revoked, and there are  mandatory fines from $200 to $5,000. You can  face mandatory imprisonment or probation. The  vehicle being driven could be seized and forfeit- ed. More severe penalties apply to drivers who  drive while intoxicated or impaired by alcohol or  drugs while their license or privilege are already  under suspension or revocation for a previous 