The Alabama Department of Public Safety (DPS) stated to us that a normal traffic conviction remains on a driver record for 3 years. It will however lose its point count for suspension purposes after only two years. Reckless driving in Alabama comes with 6 points placed on your license.
Some convictions, such as DUIs, do remain on an AL driving record for a longer period of time but the DPS noted that it can vary from person to person on the time period depending upon the circumstances surrounding the DUI and its conviction.
The DPS representative told us that a reckless driving violation remained on a license for 3 years. The Alabama Code Section 32-5A-190 defines reckless driving and states:
[Let CarInsurance.com help you find affordable auto insurance now.] (a) Any person who drives any vehicle carelessly and heedlessly in willful or wanton disregard for the rights or safety of persons or property, or without due caution and circumspection and at a speed or in a manner so as to endanger or be likely to endanger any person or property, shall be guilty of reckless driving. (b) Every person convicted of reckless driving shall be punished upon a first conviction by imprisonment for a period of not less than five days nor more than 90 days, or by fine of not less than $25.00 nor more than $500.00, or by both such fine and imprisonment, and on a second or subsequent conviction shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than 10 days nor more than six months, or by a fine of not less than $50.00 nor more than $500.00, or by both such fine and imprisonment, and the court may prohibit the person so convicted from driving a motor vehicle on the public highways of this state for a period not exceeding six months, and the license of the person shall be suspended for such period by the Director of Public Safety pursuant to Section 32-5A-195.
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(c) Neither reckless driving nor any other moving violation under this chapter is a lesser included offense under a charge of driving while under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
If you have any more questions about an Alabama driver history or want to know how to check on your own driving record, contact the AL Department of Public Safety (DPS) directly. | 
