Suspended License
LET THE LAW FIRM OF PATRICIA J. JONES, P.A. TRAFFIC TICKETS DEFENDER HELP YOU TO TRY TO KEEP YOUR LICENSE FROM BEING SUSPENDED OR TO GET YOUR LICENSE REINSTATED
A person’s driver’s license or driving privilege can be suspended or revoked for a variety of reasons, such as convictions of certain offenses like driving under the influence (DUI) of alcohol or drugs /driving while impaired (DWI), too many points for traffic violations (points suspension), failing to pay child support, not making payments for a lawsuit judgment, not paying traffic tickets, not having insurance, or failing to appear for a court date.
THE FIRM HANDLES ALL TYPES OF DRIVER’S LICENSE SUSPENSIONS AND REINSTATEMENTS SUCH AS:
•DUI suspensions•Failing to pay child support suspensions
•Traffic Ticket Point suspensions•Habitual Traffic Offender
•Failing to pay traffic fines•Failing to appear for Court
•Insurance suspensions•Failing to pay lawsuit judgments
•Failing to appear for a court date•No insurance suspensions
•Drug conviction suspensions•Under 21 years of age alcohol (0.02) suspensions
In Florida, generally speaking, when a person is charged with DUI, their driver’s license or driving privilege is administratively suspended by the department of motor vehicles, which in Florida is called the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (DHSMV). You have only ten (10) days to try to save your license from this administrative DUI suspension! So, in terms of your driver’s license, you are racing against time--this 10 day time period-- once you have been arrested for the offense of DUI. You need to act quickly. If you do not act within this 10 day time frame, then the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (DHSMV) can and will suspend your driver’s license or driving privilege for DUI.
Florida law allows a person’s driver’s license or driving privilege to be suspended as a result of conviction of certain offenses, such as driving under the influence (DUI) /driving while intoxicated (DWI), felony possession of drugs while the person was driving or in actual physical control of a motor vehicle (drug conviction suspension), racing, conviction of a traffic law which resulted in a crash that caused the death or personal injury of person or property damage in excess of $500, or two or more violations of failing to stop for a school bus within 5 years.
Generally speaking, one or two noncriminal traffic violations will usually not cause your driver’s license to be suspended, but that doesn't mean that they are of no consequence. Most states, like the state of Florida, have a point system, and each violation that isn't successfully contested or erased counts towards your point total. Once you reach a certain point total which is determined by the department of motor vehicles, your driver’s license or driving privilege may be suspended. In Florida, this kind of suspension is often called or referred to as a “points suspension.” Under Florida law, accumulation of 12 points in 12 months results in a suspension of not more than 30 days; accumulation of 18 points in 18 months results in a suspension of not more than 3 months; accumulation of 24 points in 36 months (3 years) results in a suspension of not more than 1 year.
In Florida, the department of motor vehicles, which is called the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (DHSMV) may also revoke the driver’s license or driving privilege of a person who accumulates a specified number of convictions for certain offenses within a 5 year period or has 15 convictions for moving traffic offenses for which point may be assessed. The DHMSV designates such a driver to be a habitual traffic offender (HTO). The DHSMV revokes the driver’s license of a person designated a habitual traffic offender for a minimum of 5 years.
Driver’s license or driving privilege suspension also arises in Florida when a person has a certain kind of financial obligation and fails to meet it. These kinds of driver’s license suspension are sometimes referred to as a“financial responsibility suspension.” Some examples include suspension of a driver’s license for failing to pay child support (“child support suspension”), failure to pay a judgment from a lawsuit (“judgment suspension”), and failure to have insurance (“insurance suspension”).
In Florida, a person’s driver’s license or driving privilege can also be suspended for failing to respond to the clerk of court within the period of time given for their traffic ticket (which is usually within thirty (30) days of being issued the traffic citation, failing to pay a traffic ticket fine or for failing to appear for a court date for a traffic case.
Because of how important being able to drive is in all of our lives and having our driver’s license or driving privilege in good status, it makes sense to have an attorney represent you for all of your traffic tickets. An attorney knowledgeable and experienced in traffic ticket defense, like Ft. Lauderdale/Miami/West Palm Beach defense lawyer Patricia J. Jones, may be able to help you avoid getting points on your driver’s license and avoid suspension or revocation of your driver’s license.
The law firm also can be hired to help you try to get your driver’s license or driving privilege reinstated if it is suspended or revoked. The firm handles every type of driver’s license suspension and driver’s license revocation. The sooner you hire the firm, the sooner the firm can begin trying to help you get your driver’s license reinstated and get you back on the road.
You can hire Patricia J. Jones, P.A. Traffic Tickets Defender to put years of experience and knowledge about traffic law defense and driver’s licenses to work for you. The goal is to keep you behind the wheel or to help you get back behind the wheel again. For more information about how the firm can help you, call 954-448-5300 for a FREE, no obligation consultation with an attorney, not a receptionist, assistant, or paralegal.
