DUI/DWI driving on suspended license
If you get caught drinking and driving nowadays you will most likely have your license suspended for a certain amount of time. Each state has set their individual set of limits on how long this can take place for. One example is the state of Pennsylvania who will suspend your license for up to a year. And that’s on the first time charge of driving under the influence.
When you get stopped for drinking and driving the cop will run some field sobriety test to see how aware you are. Some times you will be given a blood test, but most of the time you will have to take a breathalyzer first. If you are over .08 percent of alcohol to your blood, you are charged with drinking and driving. The cop will possibly give you the option of calling a loved one or friend to come and get you, or they may even take you to jail depending on how well you cooperated during the stop.
Once you get in front of the judge you will learn exactly what the charges will be. Most times you will receive a fine, your license will be suspended, you may have to serve jail time, a class for people who are charged with DUI may be assigned to you, and several other things.
Now if you are like a lot of people out there that have a job outside of the home, you may take a chance and drive on that suspended license. It’s not really a smart time, because if you are stopped now, the officer may just take you to jail. Your family will have to come up with bond money; at times it can be a lot. Not saying that you will definitely be taken to jail, but you may be. Now is it really worth taking that chance? Most likely not, because that bond money you won’t get back until the court day is over. If you don’t have any extra money this can be a real hassle to face this kind of situation. So really the story is don’t drink and drive first off, but if you have and your license has been suspended be smart enough not to take a chance and drive.
Nothing is worse than coming home from work and being stopped for any kind of traffic violation, only for the cop to figure out that you are driving on a license that has been suspended. Well it would be a lot worse if they stopped you for drinking and driving again, but either way your going to cause so many more problems in your life, and one’s that you could have avoided by having someone else drive you back and forth to work.
Of course it would be even better if when you drank you wouldn’t drive than your license would not have been suspended to start with. All it takes is a bit of common sense when you get behind the wheel of a car.
**THIS INFORMATION IS NOT LEGAL ADVICE. PLEASE CONSULT WITH A LOCAL ATTORNEY FOR INFORMATION REGARDING YOUR CASE.**
This article was provided by Gerrid Smith but paid for by the Driver Law Firm in Raleigh, NC.
