This summer the DC DMV commissioner announced that they will suspend DC driver’s licenses for conviction for reckless driving that occur in Virginia. In Mid September the DC. Attorney General weighed in and the D.C. counsel approved an emergency order that would prevent this from happening.
At this point it is unclear whether the counsel’s actions will take affect of not and whether the bill will be signed by the mayor.
This episode in D.C. emphasizes two fact about traffic law and license suspensions: 1) only your home state can suspend your license. A foreign state can ban you from driving in their state, but your home state is the only one who can take away your license.
And 2), your home state can choose to revoke, suspend, or restrict your license because of traffic offenses that occurred in other jurisdictions.
And 3), How a state chooses to curtail your driving privileges changes constantly and depends on which state issued your license, where you got your ticket, and what you were convicted of. They only way to know for sure, how a state will react to a foreign ticket is to contact an attorney who practices in your home state.
Luke J. Nichols
Nichols & Green pllc
www.nicholsgreen.com
(703) 383-9222
