I had a first offense DUI last November in Ohio. I live in West Virginia. My license was suspended for six months from the date of the incident. I haven't been driving since, and my suspension is almost over. Just a few weeks ago, I received a letter from the WV DMV stating that my license will be suspended for 1 year starting on April 26. I understand that states share information on driving records, and that the state of Ohio did notify WV of my DUI, but is that legal for WV to suspend my license for another year for an incident that happened in Ohio, and after I have served my suspension?
2007-05-09 16:19:59 · 7 answers · asked by Matt 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Yup. They can do this.
Remember that driving a car is not a right - it is a privilege. One that you lost by drinking and driving.
2007-05-09 16:39:02 · answer #1 · answered by MikeGolf 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All but a couple of states are tied together by computer and report to each other. It is not where you get it; it is when you get it. How far apart in time are the DUIs? I take it there is another DUI? Either way I wish you luck.
I have gone through a nightmare with the Federal Court, State Court, and the California DMV. None of the three seem to take responsibility to get things done right and in a timely manner so that one might go on with his life. They get away with their incompetance because of people like the lady that automatically punished you because you made a mistake. She never made a mistake and probably advocates wide open borders; the type of person that will kill this country. She is vendictive, and not about right & wrong.
My case has been complicated due to proqimity of law changes, and incompetence in the system. DUI has become a scam to get money into the system; supported with out thought to constitutional issues by people like the lady that talked crap to you. The ballance of crime & punishment has been lost due to money being put in the right pockets, and people like the lady that attacked you. The well meaning are often the greatest enemmies; they will have us stripped of all of our rights, and Manuel Gutrez or maybe Rodriguez will be the president of our great country. The DUI & Illegal Imigration Issue are both about the same thing; money. Neither are being handled in a rightful nature. By the way look at your statistics on who gets the most DUIs in this country. They cause the up roar but don't pay.
My license was restricted, suspended, restricted, and suspended all in one year, and has now been suspended for over a year from the last time. I was charged as a first offender in Federal Court on 15 July 2005. I am useing my third lawyer. A stipulation was supposedly entered on 1 May 2007 to drop the second offender charges; here it is 13 May 2007, and I have not heard a thing.
There is no thought given to your constitutional rights. The so rightcheous do gooder that attacked you had wrather give all of that away and have us like all countries south of the United States. That's the mentality & system that your dealing with.
Good luck, Buddy!
2007-05-13 14:19:10 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, obviously the first suspension was issued by the state of Ohio. Now WV wants it's own pound of flesh.
You have learned a very valuable lesson the hard way.
DON'T DRINK AND DRIVE.
2007-05-09 17:12:34 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unfortunatly, the permission to drive can be revoked for any number of reasons, or no reason at all. It's a privledge and now your in a new state with new laws.
You can contest it, but it prob. won't help.
You might be able to get a limited licence to drive to and from work, check on that.
2007-05-09 16:37:48 · answer #4 · answered by The Forgotten 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no reason to drive when you have been drinking. You should be glad you get your license back. If I was the judge you would be without a license till you completed a alcoholic re-hab course.
2007-05-09 16:48:16 · answer #5 · answered by Mister Bald 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As for criminal action, no longer except you're surely arrested for utilising with a suspended license. If this have been to take place then specific, you could take criminal process action (in case you could teach you mustn't have been suspended!) yet until then, no. you need to have asked them for a sworn fact declaring your license isn't suspended.
2016-10-31 00:11:55 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're best bet is to look into the statute of limitations on that particular offense.
2007-05-09 17:07:13 · answer #7 · answered by DOOM 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋