I received a letter from the DMV saying my drivers license has been revoked for five-years. Why are they doing this?
This is what the law refers to as a Habitual Traffic Offender designation. It carries a five year suspension and for the first year you are ineligible for a restricted (Business Purposes) license. This means for 365 days you will have to find alternative means of getting around other than driving. If you are caught driving during that first year the DMV will start the 365 days from the point when you were last caught driving. It gets worse – if you are caught driving on this suspension you will be charged with a felony offense punishable by up to five years in prison (and yes, there are people in Florida prisons for this offense). The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles is doing this because they believe you have committed three qualifying offenses within a five year period. The qualifying offenses include felony offenses using a motor vehicle, DUIs, and Driving on a Suspended License tickets (“with” or “without” knowledge) among others. Note that even the “without” knowled
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