driving with a suspended license – The Law Offices of Zev Goldstein, PLLC https://trafficticketviolationattorney.com Traffic Tickets Attorney Sun, 13 Oct 2019 00:31:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.6.5 https://trafficticketviolationattorney.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/favicon.png driving with a suspended license – The Law Offices of Zev Goldstein, PLLC https://trafficticketviolationattorney.com 32 32 What is Aggravated Unlicensed Operation? https://trafficticketviolationattorney.com/blog/what-is-aggravated-unlicensed-operation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-is-aggravated-unlicensed-operation Thu, 14 Aug 2014 15:21:07 +0000 https://abctechweb.net/wptheme/lawfirm/?p=39 Aggravated Unlicensed Operation of a motor vehicle or AUO (NYS VTL 511-1a) is the crime of driving a motor vehicle even after you were order by a Court that you may not drive, also known as Driving with a suspended license. No matter which Court ordered you not to drive, if that Court has jurisdiction is New […]

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Aggravated Unlicensed Operation of a motor vehicle or AUO (NYS VTL 511-1a) is the crime of driving a motor vehicle even after you were order by a Court that you may not drive, also known as Driving with a suspended license. No matter which Court ordered you not to drive, if that Court has jurisdiction is New York State, you can be arrested, charged and convicted of a misdemeanor if you are caught operating a motor vehicle. If you are not sure if your license is suspended or if you were charged with driving on a suspended license, call an attorney immediately.

A common application of this law is when a motorist fails to respond to, or fails to pay a traffic ticket. The Court which has jurisdiction over that traffic ticket is empowered to order the NYS DMV to suspend the motorist’s driver’s license for failing to pay or failing to respond to their traffic ticket. Notably, as long as you do not drive a motor vehicle you can not be arrested. However if you do drive a car and are stopped you can be arrested for violating a Court order.

Aggravated Unlicensed Operation of a motor vehicle or AUO (NYS VTL 511-1a) is the crime of driving a motor vehicle even after you were order by a Court that you may not drive, also known as Driving with a suspended license.

What happens if you fail to respond to a traffic in a state other than New York? Usually what happens is that the NYS DMV will respect the suspension order originating in this other state and suspend your driver’s license here in New York. If you don’t have a NYS driver’s license and you are suspended in another state, it stands to reason that NYS will not issue a suspension against you, and you will be merely unlicensed in NY, not suspended in NY, being that this Court outside of NY does not have the power to suspend your driver’s license in NY.

If you are arrested or charged with Aggravated Unlicensed Operation, or Driving on a suspended license call a New York State attorney to protect you from serious criminal convictions.

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]]> How does a driver get 10 or more driving suspensions? https://trafficticketviolationattorney.com/blog/how-does-a-driver-get-10-or-more-driving-suspensions/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-does-a-driver-get-10-or-more-driving-suspensions Wed, 23 Oct 2013 11:34:20 +0000 https://abctechweb.net/wptheme/lawfirm/?p=221 How does a driver get 10 or more driving suspensions? My assistant asked me that question today. It’s a good question. Most drivers will never get 10 traffic violation suspensions. They get one, or a few, and they either pay the tickets off, or they hire a lawyer to fight them, and then they are […]

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Most drivers will never get 10 traffic violation suspensions. They get one, or a few, and they either pay the tickets off, or they hire a lawyer to fight them, and then they are very careful to not let that happen to them again. How does a driver get 10 or more driving suspensions? Are they so rich that they just don’t care about the ticket? Then why don’t they take care of their tickets?

The answer is simple, they never pay their traffic tickets. They think it is an inconvenience to get the ticket, the cops holds them up for a while and yells at them, but then they drive on, and say “are you kidding me not answer calls on my cell phone”?

The suspensions usually take a number of months to go into effect, longer if the can motorist push off the Court appearances. Some motorists can keep the suspensions at bay for well over a year.

By the time the motorist is arrested it is possible that the driver will have the magic number of 10 suspensions, pushing this scoff law crime over the edge of a Misdemeanor, into a Felony.

Then the suspensions kick in. At first it’s only a few, and even if they are stopped for driving with a suspension many police officers are kind and don’t arrest the driver for the Misdemeanor of driving on a suspended license. By the time the motorist is arrested it is possible that the driver will have the magic number of 10 suspensions, pushing this scoff law crime over the edge of a Misdemeanor, into a Felony.

The driver just sits on the other end of the line and says so? I have tickets, I didn’t pay them. I am still driving. Whats the matter?

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