Driving with 12 points on the driver's license will be punished.
 If 12 points are deducted from the driver's license to continue driving, the driver shall be deemed as driving without a license. The traffic control department of the public security organ shall detain the motor vehicle and, depending on the circumstances, impose a fine of not less than 200 yuan but not more than 2000 yuan and detain it for not more than 15 days.
 Legal basis
 Article 24 of the Road Traffic Safety Law of the People's Republic of China, the traffic management department of the public security organ shall, in addition to imposing administrative penalties according to law, implement a cumulative scoring system for motor vehicle drivers who violate the laws and regulations on road traffic safety. The traffic management department of the public security organ shall detain the motor vehicle driver's license for the motor vehicle driver whose cumulative score reaches the specified score, educate him about the laws and regulations of road traffic safety, and take a new examination; Those who pass the examination shall be returned their motor vehicle driving licenses. For motor vehicle drivers who comply with road traffic safety laws and regulations and have not accumulated scores within one year, the examination period of motor vehicle driver's license may be extended. The specific measures shall be formulated by the public security department under the State Council.