Originally Posted by
HatefulMechanic
It is not up to the teller. You provide them with a letter telling them WHY you need to be able to drive to work. This is rather well stated in the above mentioned link. You give them the letter and it will get processed. Last 3 I have seen go through wound up taking a few weeks to process, and those were ones that were submitted by a lawyer.
Most of the time as long as the letter is submitted correctly, it is issued. The reinstate fee is charged when you are issued the restricted license, at least to the best of my knowledge it still is done that way. Again, if you read the link that you quoted, there is a section toward the bottom with
this link in it, which states that once they receive the reinstatement fee the restricted license will be issued.
I've only had dealings with court ordered suspensions, all the DMV related suspensions that I have worked with were due to insurance lapses and all were petitioned before the suspensions were enacted, hence the reason I said to consult an attorney.
Alright. We're getting somewhere: " It is not up to the teller."
I read that link as well:
Restricted Driving Privilege - Court Fines and Costs
If you are unable to pay court fines and costs and your Virginia driving privileges become suspended, you may petition the court (or courts) that suspended your driving privileges for an authorization to obtain driving privileges. Each court will require that you present a DMV driver transcript and compliance summary when petitioning for the authorization. In addition, the court will require that you provide proof of employment.
If your driving privilege has been suspended by multiple jurisdictions for failure to pay court fines and costs, you must petition each court for an authorization for restricted driving privileges. Each court will independently decide the length of time you may have restricted driving privileges, up to 6 months, and which restrictions will be placed on your credential. If multiple jurisdictions grant authorizations, DMV will only recognize matching restrictions authorized by the courts.
Once the suspending courts grant authorizations for restricted driving privileges, you will not be able to drive until you bring the authorizations to DMV and obtain a restricted credential. If you have no other outstanding requirements, DMV will process your authorization, collect the reinstatement fee, and issue your restricted credential.
Restricted driving privileges are not allowed for commercial drivers.
By READING that link, you can easily see this applies to individuals who have been suspended due to not paying Court fines and costs. It also says " process your authorization, collect reinstatement fee...." This is my situation:
(under "DMV-granted Restricted Driving Privileges")
If your driving privileges were suspended by DMV for a violation of Driver Improvement Probation , DMV may grant restricted driving privileges, at your request, if:
This is your first violation of probation, OR
This is your second violation and the probationary period during which the violation occurred was immediately preceded by an 18-month control period.
DMV does not have the authority to grant restricted driving privileges for any other suspensions or revocations."
Thats it. That's all the info they have. So after reading that, there's still no guarantee of me getting it after meeting all the requirements, bringing all the necessary paper work, and waiting the processing period ("few weeks" as you stated). If there wasn't some sort of convincing to be made, than there wouldn't be a "request", "authorization", nor "processing period" involved. Everything would happen at the counter.
Since I (we) are getting nowhere slowly, I'll revert to the ORIGINAL question:
I'm suspended for 2 months (May 5th - July 3rd) by DMV (not the courts and i don't owe anything until time to reinstate), is it WORTH it to apply or just walk/ride to work?
You said "consult a lawyer" and that processing takes "a few weeks". With that being said, and the fact that not even you know how much the reinstatement costs at the counter, 'sounds like additional money, time without a car anyway, and I still have to pay the
reinstatement fee. So I guess:
1. Wait it out
2. Ride MONGOOSE
3. Pay reinstatment
4. ??????
5. Cut my losses
Thanks for the help though.