Suspended License Help?

Question

Ok on Janurary 1, 2007 i was convicted of a minor traffic violation (this was my second violation as a minor) I hired a lawyer to get the second charge dissmissed in court so i wouldn't loose my license; court went over very well the judge dropped the origional charge of "Reckless Diving" to "Improper Driving" which was fine with me b/c i still had my license.....about 2 months later i recieved a letter from DMV saying that b/c i had two traffic violations and i was a minor the my license would be suspended for 90 days (What didn't make any sence to me is that my suspention date satarted on my 18th birthday....so petitioned the courts to ask for a Restricted License....I went to court and the judge did grant me a Restricted Licens to drive to WORK ONLY! I'm a Senior in high school so i asked the judge if i could get a restriction to drive to school and the judge told me that that was not gonna happen. Is there any legal was to get around this?

Answer 1

As to what route you have available, that depends on the state you live in. Each state has different laws that govern the driving rules of that state. You can certainly attempt to appeal to a higher court, but that would likely be expensive and time consuming, not to mention that you likely wouldn't win.

Is there a legal way to get around this? Unfortunately the answer is no. Despite what people like to think, driving is not a right, but a privelage granted by the state to the driver. They have the right to revoke this privelage at any time in accordance with their written policies.

As to why they won't let you drive to school; unless you are in private school, chances are your school is either in walking distance or there is a bus that will allow you to get to school. The suspension of your license is intended to make things inconvenient for you so you won't commit further traffic violations. Your best bet is to simply wait out the 90 day suspension.