Habitual Traffic Offenders Can Get A Hardship License
The word habitual almost always has a negative connotation. Habitual offender is no exception. Florida estimates that 23,000 drivers will get their drivers license suspended in 2007 because they are habitual offenders.
In most cases these drivers can apply for a hardship license that allows them to drive to and from work until they fully redeem themselves with the DMV.
To be labeled a habitual offender you have to work at it. The most common path is too many traffic tickets, multiple convictions of serious offenses (related to driving), or being ordered by the court.
15 Traffic Convictions
If a Florida driver gets 15 traffic convictions with points in 5 years they can be dubbed a Habitual Traffic Offender and get their drivers license suspended. That’s a lot of tickets.
Note that you can avoid convictions of many types of traffic violations in Florida by taking electing to take a traffic school course. So to get 15 convictions you have to not only be driving with reckless abandonment but you have be ignoring the easy way to avoid convictions.
3 Serious Offenses
Serious traffic offenses include such things as driving with a suspended license. And the most common reason this occurs is that drivers neglect to pay a traffic ticket. You get a ticket don’t throw it in the glove compartment and forget it.
A few months later you get a letter from the DMV indicating that your drivers license has been suspended. If you don’t receive that letter for some reason and get caught driving you are now guilty of driving with a suspended license.
Other traffic offenses considered serious are not stopping at an accident with injuries and committing a felony while driving. Note that hard ship licenses are not issued to drivers convicted of a DUI.
Getting a Hardship License
If you find yourself in any of these situations you have a few options. In many cases, Florida will give you a hardship drivers license that allows you to drive to and from work. To get a hardship license you will need to register and complete a 12 hour Advanced Driver Improvement (ADI) course.
Registering for an ADI traffic school course is all that is needed to get a hardship license in most cases. And the ADI course can be completed online. Upon registration most traffic schools will provide you with proof of registration that you must supply to the clerk of court to apply for a hardship license.
Hardship License Information
If you are deemed a
habitual offender in Florida your license will be suspended or revoked. To drive you will have to get a hardship license. The first step to getting a hardship license is registering for an Advanced Driver Improvement course (ADI).
ADI is a 12 hour course that can be completed online. Proof of registration is typically all you need to apply for your hardship license.
A hardship license allow habitual offenders to drive to and from work. This option is not available for drivers that are convicted of a DUI, in which case you license will be revoked and you will not be permitted to drive.
One of the most common serious traffic offenses that drivers are charged with is driving with a suspended license. And many of these drivers had their license suspended for not paying a traffic ticket.
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