When a driving license is issued for the first time to a new novice driver, how many points are initially assigned to their balance?

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When a driving license is issued for the first time, the initial credit is 8 points: the law assigns 8 points to the holder of a license that is no more than three years old, unless they already held another one of that age (Traffic Law, Article 63(2)). After two years without a final penalty involving a loss of points, they have 12 (Article 65(2)). Those who keep all their points also receive a bonus of two points for the first three years and one point for the next three, up to a maximum of 15 (Article 63(4)). That is why 12 points is the general credit of someone who has held a license for more than three years, and 15 points is the maximum that can be accumulated, never the starting credit.

When a driving license is issued for the first time to a new novice driver, how many points are initially assigned to their balance?

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