When you’re arrested for drinking and driving, it can have a profound effect on your life and the quality of it. It doesn’t matter if there was property damage or bodily injury, just being arrested for drinking and driving can jeopardize your chances of driving again. In the majority of states, the Department of Motor Vehicles will suspend and or revoke your BRITISH COLUMBIA FAKE DRIVING LICENSEif you’re suspected of a DUI (driving under the influence). Most people are dependent on their vehicles so not driving yours after a DUI can cost you a lot including your job or personal life. It can also create serious issues if you care for someone who is sick.
So how does your license get suspended or revoked? First off, it can be done even before you’ve been convicted by refusing to take the sobriety test or if you fail that test. If you fail the test or refuse to take it and your license is impacted, it can seriously impact the various things you do in your life with your car including going to work, visiting the doctor, getting food, getting medicine, etc.
If your license is suspended or revoked and you have things to do, you can always apply for a DUI license. What’s this? Keep in mind that a revoked license is much more serious than a suspended license. With this in mind, you could be permitted to get a work permit license, allowing you to get back and forth to work from your home; not using the automobile for any reasons other than that.
If your license is suspended, it typically means that it’s your first DUI charge; this can allow you to get a DUI license. The DUI hardship license conditions will vary from each state but they typically allow you to do more than just go to work. In fact, they can allow you the use of your car during certain times of the day such as going to the store, doctors, dentists or any other important errands you may have to do. The majority of states have a program that allows a person who’s been arrested for DUI and has a suspended or revoked driver’s license to obtain a hardship license. However, there are several states who do not offer this.
Courts tend to go lenient on a first time DUI charge if there has been no bodily injury or property damage. Thus, getting a DUI hardship license will be much easier the first DUI. If you’ve been arrested multiple times for DUI, it’s highly unlikely that you’ll be allowed a DUI license, no matter what the circumstances are. The courts will see you as habitual offender. Any person arrested more than once for DUI will have their license revoked for at least 10 years. Bear in mind that once a specific period of time has passed without any further incidents of DUI arrests, your record will be thought of as clean.
It’s best to hire a lawyer to help you with, not only your DUI charge, but also in obtaining your hardship license. Since your license can be suspended somewhere from 30 days to three years (depending on which state you live in), it would be a good idea to get a hardship license immediately.
