Walk It Through: The Suspended License
Lights behind on a dark road, a license that was suspended, and the night after.
On an unlit two lane road, blue lights come on behind a driver who knows the license was suspended for unpaid tickets.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
One stop on a suspended license. A revocation for DUI, a felony charge for fleeing, the hearing on the old warrant and getting the license back are not worked through here.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.
Words this turns on
Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.
- FleeingIntentionally fleeing or attempting to flee in a vehicle after an officer gives a clear visual or audible signal to stop.
- Reckless drivingDriving any vehicle on a street, highway, parking area or school way in willful or wanton disregard for the safety of persons or property.
- Citation in lieu of arrestA citation an officer may issue instead of arresting, for a misdemeanor not involving injury committed in the officer's presence, when the person will likely appear.
- Driving in an impaired stateDriving under the influence of alcohol, a controlled substance or another drug, or with an alcohol concentration in the blood of eight hundredths of one percent or more, by weight.