Q: will my license be suspended?
i’m in mn, just yesterday i got my 4th speeding ticket i believe? i got it in a different state too?he clocked me going 83 in a 75 but knocked it down to 80 in a 75. my last two speeding tickets were received in april & august of last year, and a “fail to exercise due to care or control” in february of last year. so i’m wondering if all of this together will get my license suspended? since i have so many offenses? or if it’s over a year since the last offense does that count to the 4 offenses within a year = license suspension?
so i have 3 previous moving violations on my record, two are over a year old, just got a new moving violation ticket yesterday, with minnesotas suspension laws will my license be suspended? and is that 80 in a 75 even worth fighting since i’m a previous offender?
A: You are looking at your insurance rates going through the roof with this mean tickets on your DL, especially if you keep driving the way that you are. The habitual offender revocation is very date specific. It would be important to have the dates of each of these citations/guilty pleas. The first thing you need to do is slow the hell down and drive with more caution. You don't want to be in a position where you cause an accident or to be in a situation where you lose your DL for 6 months. The second thing you should do is set up a consultation with an attorney to review the specifics of each of these violations - date of conviction, type of conviction, etc. to make sure that paying for this ticket isn't going to result in you losing your DL. Good luck.
A: With recent priors, we can expect two things: 1. prosecutors will adopt a tougher attitude; 2. more will be at stake for the ticketed driver, making it more worthwhile to fight it in court. And those two things make more important to have an experienced defense attorney's help. As for a loss of license under Minnesota's "habitual violator" rule, one would need to know a) the dates, b) the statutes of adjudicated violation or conviction; and c) their level of severity - petty misdemeanor vs misdemeanor. With that information one can read the Minnesota "habitual violator" rule to determine the answer. You can also call a "Driver Evaluator" at the Minnesota Department of Public Safety for help with that aspect. With all that at stake and nothing to lose by fighting it, why would a person *not* fight it?
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