Q: I was told my licences was suspended due to a failure to appear which was not my fault what should i do.

A: You are responsible for handling your ticket. So unless you never received the ticket - the FTA is likely your fault. The court and DMV both understand that sometimes things happen and court dates get missed. The court gives you essentially a 20 day grace period to resolve the ticket without penalty. After the 20 days, the court adds a $200 FTA penalty on top of any other court cost / fine and notifies DMV to suspend you. DMV then sends you a letter and they give you an additional 30 days to resolve the ticket without further action. After the 30 days - they suspend you and you have to pay a reinstatement fee after you resolve the ticket. Because you were not responsible enough to handle your ticket properly, likey the best and easiest thing for you to do is to simply hire a local traffic attorney to handle this for you. If you attempt to handle it yourself, you will need to appear in court and ask someone in the clerk's office about adding your case on to that days court docket. You will then likely need to explain your situation to an ADA and if you provide proof the light has been fixed and you conduct yourself in a polite manner the ADA may consider dismissing the ticket. If so, this will save you a substantial amount of money but you will still need to go to DMV to have your license reinstated (assuming this is the only thing suspending you). Another alternative is that a ticket for a light being out should be something you can go to the clerk's office and pay off. It will be expensive to do that but may be more convenient that attempting to add the case on yourself. However, paying off a ticket without knowing what you are doing could possible suspend you further. Best of luck.