Suspended License
in Los Angeles county
4 points on your Drivers License
People frequently get 3 or 4 traffic tickets in a year, and instead of fighting the tickets or doing traffic school, they just pay off the ticket fines and end up putting 4 points on their DMV license record. If the DMV finds out you have 4 points on your license, they will send you a letter indicating they intend to suspend your license for 6 months. It is imperative that you immediately request a DMV Hearing otherwise you face 6 months of no driving. A DMV Hearing if requested in time will give you a chance at saving your license. We can do this for you. We have handled all kinds of DMV Hearings and we can help you with yours. Call us on (310) 285-1516.
How do points get on your license?
A traffic ticket involving a moving violation can put one or two points on your record. A moving violation is any violation of the law committed by the driver while the car is in motion. Parking tickets, fix it tickets concerning the car equipment like broken lights, tinted windows or no front plate, or paperwork violations relating to insurance or registration do not put points on your license. Talking on the cell phone does not put a point on your license.
However, a DUI, Hit or Run charge, Driving over a 100 mph or driving on a suspended license all put 2 points on your license. A typical traffic ticket that involves a moving violation like speeding or going through a stop sign puts one point on your license. If you cause an accident and you are determined to be at fault in causing the accident this will put a point on your DMV record. The California DMV will put a point on your record if they find out about an out of state traffic ticket you got.
You always want to fight your traffic tickets to avoid points going on your record.
See also Points on your license.
Traffic School
If you successfully do First Offender Traffic School or Second Offender Traffic School that will remove points off your record. You are only allowed to do First Offender Traffic School every 18 months (18 months from the dates you got your tickets) and you can do it on the internet. If you have already done First Offender Traffic School in the last 18 months you can ask the Judge for permission to do Second Offender Traffic School and this must be done in person not on the internet for twelve hours. It will take the point off your record if done successfully. Learn more about traffic school.
Driving on a Suspended License
Learn why driving on a suspended license is dangerous, and what to do if your car is impounded.
We can help!
If your driver's license is suspended we can:-
- Find out for you what the problems are with the DMV (Department of Motor Vehicles)
- Work on fixing them so you can try to get your license back as soon as possible
- Go to court for you, so you don’t have to, in order to:-
- get a DMV abstract to clear up any Failure to Appears (FTAs) or Failure to Pay (FTP) you might have
- get your license valid again.
Call us for a free legal consultation with a Los Angeles Attorney to discuss your options (310) 285-1516.