Q: I plead guilty to DUI in 2016, completed my probation requirements, and my probation has ended yet I "need" interlock??
How is it legal to hold me accountable to a private company in order to regain my driving privileges? I quit drinking 3 years ago, waited 4 years to complete probation, and I'm STILL forced to complete a interlock program that costs thousands of dollars before I can get my license back?! How is this Constitutional when the only other option would have been to go to a jury trial, likely lose, and face a year in jail?! How can they force me to do this once I've completed their legal obligations? Is this not a racket? I thought when my probation was over I'd be free to regain that privilege. I can't afford the interlock system for their arbitrary amount of time. This is ridiculous. I had zero choice in the matter when my pubic defender gave me no options.
A: The license revocation process is entirely separate from the criminal case. So for starters, nothing you would've done in the criminal case would have affected your license revocation. That is requires filing paperwork in a civil matter called Implied Consent. You do not have a constitutional right to a driver's license. I imagine that you are likely cancelled inimical to public safety due to prior DWIs which is why the interlock is required to get a valid driver's license. Otherwise, you can certainly wait out the revocation period and go without a driver's license if you prefer to not install the interlock.
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