Reducing your Driver Penalty Point premium
Your Driver Penalty Point premium can be reduced or eliminated if you give up your driver's licence for a temporary period.
Ways you can save money
Two options are available to reduce the cost of your Driver Penalty Point (DPP) premium:
- If you give up your driver's licence for one year from your birthday, your DPP premium can be eliminated.
- If you give up your licence for at least 30 days during your "billing period," your DPP premium can be reduced.
Premium reductions are also available to drivers who have been prohibited, suspended or who are off the road for certain other reasons.
How to get your premium reduced
- Go to a driver licensing office to turn in your licence.
- When your time without a licence (minimum 30 days) has passed, call ICBC to find out how much you now owe.
- Pick up your re-issued licence from your driver licensing office.
- Pay what is owed on your DPP premium and your fee.
Suspended and prohibited drivers
If you have been suspended or prohibited from driving for 60 days or more, you’re eligible for a DPP premium reduction. These 60 days must have been completed within the billing period.
To get your premium reduced:
- Call ICBC when your suspension ends to find out how much you now owe.
- Pick up your re-issued licence from your driver licensing office.
- Pay what is owed on your DPP premium and your fee.
Have you been out of B.C. or off the road?
A DPP premium reduction is also available if, for 30 days during your billing period, you were:
- living in another province and held a driver's licence from there
- staying in a country other than Canada or the U.S.
- incarcerated, or
- not operating a vehicle for medical reasons.
To be eligible, you need documentation showing that one of these conditions applies to you.