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DRIVER’S LICENSE RESTORATION

Have your driving privileges been suspended due to unpaid traffic tickets, DUI or traffic violations? If your driver’s license has been suspended in Pennsylvania, you have options to restore your driving privileges. Depending on the circumstances surrounding the reason for the suspension, you may be able to drive during the suspension via a limited license. In order to obtain a limited license, you must complete an application and typically pay a restoration fee. Also, there are various eligibility requirements for each type of limited license.

Types of Driver’s License Suspensions

In order to determine your eligibility for restoration of your driving privileges, you must first determine what type of suspension has been invoked. There are generally two types of suspensions – an indefinite suspension and a term suspension.

An indefinite suspension is typically associated with unpaid fines or traffic violations. An indefinite suspension may also be invoked due to a failure to respond to a traffic citation. In addition to a term suspension, those who fail to complete court conditions for a DUI sentence may also be subject to an indefinite suspension until those conditions are completed, e.g., alcohol highway safety school or a drug and alcohol assessment. For indefinite suspensions, the driver typically needs to first remedy the reason behind the suspension, such as pay underlying fines for a traffic offense, then submit an application and payment for restoration of driving privileges.

A term suspension, on the other hand, is a suspension that lasts for a defined period of time, such as 6 months, a year or more. These suspensions typically result from DUI or more serious traffic violation convictions. While there may be no option to restore driving privileges on an unrestricted basis during a term suspension, there are options that will allow you to drive under certain restrictions via a limited driver’s license.

Occupational Limited License

An occupational limited license (OLL) may be available to those who are serving a term suspension, but require you to drive as part of your occupation, work, trade or for medical treatment or study. Depending on the reason for your suspension, you may also have to have an ignition interlock device installed on your vehicle to obtain an OLL, which is discussed in more detail below.

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Ignition Interlock Limited License

Many DUI offenses carry mandatory ignition interlock device periods. If you are subject to the ignition interlock requirement, you will be required to have a device installed on your car, or the car you will be driving, by a certified interlock ignition installer. While the ignition interlock period typically begins to go into effect after the initial license suspension period is over, under some circumstances, you may begin the ignition interlock period concurrent with your initial license suspension. An experienced DUI attorney can assist you in determining if you are eligible to apply for and receive an ignition interlock limited license during your suspension period, which will allows you to drive during the term of your suspension.

In order to determine the basis for your driver’s license suspension, you should request a restoration letter from PennDOT. Thereafter, it is strongly advised you contact an experienced license restoration attorney to guide you through the process of restoring your driving privileges in order to save you the time, frustration and confusion that goes along with it. The attorneys at Myers Law Group have experience in restoration of driving privileges and will work diligently to get you back on the road.

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