Im Roger P. Foley and I'm here to talk to you about driving while license suspended, revoked or cancelled. Its the most common charge in the State of Florida. Can you believe that?! At least based on my experience. So how does that happen? You could get a traffic ticket and forget to pay it, then your license becomes suspended. You can have a court date, failure to appear and they give you a D6 suspension which means they suspend your drivers license. If you forget to pay your insurance and you're late on your insurance payments, gets who gets notified? The Department of Motor Vehicle right here in Florida and what do they do...they suspend your license. Oh you've got children and you no longer are with the mom and you forgot to pay. Failure to pay child support can cause your drivers license to be suspended or revoked. There are 2 different types: Theres driving while license is suspended with knowledge and driving while suspended without knowledge. Well the one with knowledge if you are mentally cognizant that your license was suspended. Thats the most severe. Thats a misdemeanor and the first time that you're charged with it you face maximum 60 days in jail. Second time you face a maximum of 1 year. Third time if you're convicted you're facing 5 years in Florida state prison. Whats the alternative? The alternative is without knowledge. Officer pulls you over and your license is suspended and you tell officer you didnt realize it was suspended, thats without knowledge and thats a traffic infraction. Here's the kicker to that: They give you the paper ticket to sign and they tell you that you pay the ticket, you pay the fine and you send it in. Well thats not what you want to do. If you have a driving while license is suspended without knowledge and you just send in a payment then you get an adjudication meaning you are found guilty on that traffic infraction but for transportation laws involving driving in the state of Florida, if you do that, that counts as one strike against you and if you get 3 strikes whether its driving with knowledge, without knowledge or a DUI any combination of those 3 within a 5 year period then you lose your license for 5 years. So if you receive a traffic ticket for driving while license suspended without knowledge, do not pay it. Either go to court and pay it yourself or hire a criminal defense attorney like myself, if you are charged with driving while license suspended with knowledge then seek out a criminal defense attorney like myself who knows the laws. Perhaps we can get that charge changed, perhaps we can get it dismissed on a technicality. No offense but you might not be able to do that on your own without knowing the intricacies of Florida law. Im Roger P. Foley and if you need me for driving while license suspended, infraction or criminal charge, call me.
DWLS is the most common charge in the state of Florida, in my opinion. See Florida Statute 322.34. There are many causes to having a suspended license and there are two types of Driving While License Charges. One type is a traffic infraction and one is a criminal charge. Both types can cause you big problems. I frequently help people that have 5 year suspensions because they did realize the ramifications of the basic ticket or they thought it was a basic ticket. It can cause all sorts of problems and police tell you that you can just pay the infraction. You can but it will likely cause problems. The criminal charge always requires a court appearance. Listen to this video and pay close attention. DWLS can happen to anyone but the result of the case depends on what you do after you receive it.
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