Welcome to the Aftermath of DWI/DUI in Virginia!
One of the first things that hits you, after the alcohol in the blood has subsided, is that your driver’s license may be suspended for one year if you are convicted under the strict DUI/DWI laws of Virginia.
However, you are free to petition the court for a restricted license, but the granting of such is at the discretion of the presiding Judge.
So what is a restricted driver’s license?
This type of license allows you to move around in a limited manner, rather than completely stopping you from driving your car.
For instance, with a restricted license, you can commute to and from work, as well as drive around during working hours (if the trip is related to work and you have a note from your boss or some other confirmation of purpose (exactly what you want to ask your boss for, right?)).
With a restricted Virginia driver’s license, you are also able to drive to/from the Virginia Alcohol Safety Action Program and other court ordered probation activities.
A restricted license will permit you to drive to and from school, medical care and to transport your children to/from the same kinds of things.
If you are convicted of DWI/DUI with blood alcohol concentration of .15 or greater, then your restricted license will be contingent upon an ignition interlock system being installed in your car.
This system automatically records the driver’s BAC through a breath analyzer every time the car is started. The driver also has to blow into the breath analyzer every 5 to 20 minutes (more fun, right?)
As the Holidays approach, more and more police and law enforcement will be on the roads looking to bust drunk drivers in Prince William County, Manassas, Warrenton, Culpeper and Fauquier County, Virginia.
In fact, roadblocks are already being planned, as well as other tactics to find and apprehend folks drinking and driving. (Statistics show that DWI/DUI arrests are at their highest rates of the year in Virginia during the Holiday party season-no surprise, right?)
Remember-all of these penalties, costs and inconveniences (by the way, I haven’t even mentioned the costs of a good Virginia DWI/DUI lawyer or the exorbitant insurance rates you will be paying) can be avoided by simply calling a cab or car service, using the designated driver system or crashing on your friend’s couch for the night.
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I live in chicago illinois. I got a speeding ticket yesterday in racine, by the sheriffs police, on 94, for 25mph over the speed limit in a 65mph zone. i am currently on supervision for a no motorcycle license in lake county, illinois which expires on April 21st 2010. I also have supervision for a speeding ticket in cook county, illinois which expires in may. i believe that if wisconsin reports this to illinois my supervisions will be revoked, and with wisconsin on my record that would be three moving violation convictions in one year, and my license would be suspended. i dont want this to affect my supervision in illinois to where i would get my license supspended, cause it will effect my job as im required to have a license. is it possible, maybe thorugh an attourney, i could get a continuance past the 21st of of april so that the first supervision is cleared, and even if they send the info to illinois, i would have completed the first supervision, and only cook county speeding and racine speeding would be convictions. My court date is March 19th 2010 in Racine, Wisconsin. I have no criminal or traffic violation of any kind in Wisconsin, outside of my violation in Racine for speeding yesterday. Thankyou Very Much
To seacap20, this is yahoo answer, not yahoo lecture. I asked question, if you have anything to add to the answer that is meaningful, then add, but if not, take your holier than thou attitude somewhere else! i have two speeding tickets in the past 4 years. im so wreckless. i should be locked up in a federal prison! the motorcycle ticket that i got pulled over was for improper display of registration.
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My Florida driver’s license is currently suspended. However, prior to moving there I had a California license. If I renew my license in California, will I be able to use that license to resume driving, or will that be automatically suspended as well?
More of a curiosity than anything. And for the record, my license was suspended by the family court, not the traffic court. My driving record is spotless, in case you’re worried I’m a terrible maniac driver or something. 
Thanks to all that have replied. You confirmed what I suspected, but I figured it was worth looking into. And I have been making my payments, for those who brought it up. 
It’s the lump past due amount caused by the support order not being instituted until my son was almost four (so almost four years of past support assessed on day one of the order) that caused the suspension of my license. It’s slowly being paid off, but we’re talking about several thousands of dollars. Not sure why I feel the need to defend my character here, but if I don’t I come across as some dead beat dad, which I don’t deserve. Anyway, thanks again for the prompt replies.
Who said I let him go four years without support? Don’t be rediculous. It just wasn’t court ordered. The order was initiated automatically when his mother applied for government health care just before his fourth birthday. If I wasn’t upholding my end of the responsibilities in all that time, she would have applied for support herself well before that. Try not to be so judgmental, especially without the facts necessary to form an opinion. Anyway, thanks again to those who answered the actual question.
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for the past 6 months and everytime he gets pulled over for driving under suspension nothing happens and he has had 5 tickets so far that i can pull up off of odcr.com … (oklahoma public records) and it really pisses me off that nothing happens … during the time that he was getting pulled over all the time for dus he was arrested
UNLAWFUL POSS. OF C.D.S.-(FEL)
TRANSPORTING LOADED FIREARM
TOC-BEER
DUS – (MISD)
SPEEDING (16-20 OVER)
and all of that was deffered and then after that he was arrested for
FELONIOUSLY POINTING WEAPON
Then we had court for child support that he refuses to pay and he is so far over 14 grand behind in and they said that since they couldnt hand deliver him to paperwork to appear in court that they pretty much have to start back at ground 0 … I just really dont see where this is fair .. personally i think that he is being an informant for the police and they are cutting him slack on all this because he is ratting on people for drugs and such …
80 grand yeah my ex will be at 80 grand in a few years … he has accured 14 grand in the past 4 months … yeah he makes excellent money he is an a$$ and just doesnt want to help out and support his kids …
i have even went as far as to talk to the local DA … and they pretty much tell me owww sorry!
sometimes i even wonder if the laws or the courts care about shitty a$$ people …
hey he is the father of my children i was with him for 10 years yeah people tell me what is heppening with him .. and yeah i look him up and do checks so what its not that big of a deal … if the police wont check and do anything about it i will and i will inform anyone that i can … all he does is spend all his money on dope when it should be going to his children … its not like what i do is illegal its public information and anyone can check .. apperenly the police who pull him over on all these accasions do not check or they would know he has had previous driving under suspension charges …
i have been going to court .. over and over again … nothing changes .. its the same thing everytime … he never pays they never do anything …
i have been going to court .. over and over again … nothing changes .. its the same thing everytime … he never pays they never do anything …
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A friend of mine was arrested and charged recently in Massachusetts for DUI. He refused to take any sobriety tests so his license was automatically suspended for 180 days (which I just found is required under Massachusetts state law). However, he has a good case (because the case is still open, I won’t say what he told me about the incident, state where in Massachusetts he was arrested or state his name just because it could be used against him in court) and he expects to beat the DUI charge in court. What I would like to know is: can someone who beats a DUI charge in Massachusetts (not only my friend but anyone) have their license reinstated and the suspension he received from not taking the sobriety tests removed from his driving record (since he’ll probably win his case in court)?
In response to the first answer, I don’t understand why the suspension wouldn’t be allowed to be removed from my friend’s driving record if he wins his case (I use the word “if” loosely since he expects to win his case). He told me that he refused to take any sobriety tests because of his fifth amendment right to not have to incriminate himself. He told me he was afraid of failing the sobriety test. It seems to me that he’s being punished for using his constitutional right to not incriminate himself.
In response to the second answer (by Fred C), is it possible in Massachusetts for someone to have the refusal to take a sobriety test removed from their driving record and/or criminal record (if it appears there) if they beat the DUI charge in court. Also, my friend is a crazy liberal who didn’t want to give the police anything to bring against him in court.
To Fred C., like I said I don’t want to get into details because my friend’s case is still open but in general, I wouldn’t want to be next to a drunk driver on the road. However, I would like to hit him upside the head for getting himself into this mess in the first place.
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