What is habitual violator and how does it affect driving privileges?
Someone convicted of three serious driving offenses within a five year period has attained the lofty status of being an Habitual Violator. The most common of these serious driving offenses are DUI, Hit and Run, and Attempt to Elude. Upon conviction of the third serious driving offense within a five year period, your driver’s license will be suspended for five years. No limited permit or probationary license is available for the first two years. However, after two years, if you have completed DUI School and submitted to alcohol/drug evaluation and counseling, you can get an ignition interlock driving permit for six months. After that, you can get a probationary license for the remaining two and a half years. After five years, upon payment of a reinstatement fee, you can have your regular driving privileges restored. An Habitual Violator who operates a motor vehicle without the appropriate limited permit or probationary license commits a felony for which he/she can be sentenced up to fiv
