You may be eligible to obtain a Restricted Driver's License. If your driving privileges have been suspended because of a Driving Under the Influence ( DUI ) charge or violation of the Implied Consent provision, you may likely be able to obtain a Restricted Driver's License. The judge on your case can issue an Order for a Restricted Driver's License if you qualify. You would then be restricted to driving within the days and times set out in the Order for a Restricted Drivers License. You may only obtain a Restricted Driver's License for the limited purposes of traveling for employment, school, court ordered drug and alcohol safety classes and for a scheduled maintenance an Ignition Interlock Device. The judge has wide discretion to issue a Restricted Driver's License sometimes even allowing individuals who have unique employment situations to drive most hours of the day and night and throughout several counties and even states. Should however, you be granted such a liberal Restricted Driver's License it will be your responsibility to demonstrate that you were in fact driving for one of the purposes specifically set out in your Order for a Restricted Driver's License. The DUI defense attorneys at Brasfield and Milazo, P. C. aid their clients by completing the documentation necessary to obtain an Order for a Restricted Driver's License that allows them to continue at their employment whenever possible.
Who is eligible for a Restricted Driver's License?
If you have been convicted of a violation of the Implied Consent provision or a Driving Under the Influence First Offense ( DUI 1st ) you are eligible to obtain a Restricted Driver's License for the purposes stated above. If you are convicted of Driving Under the Influence Second Offense ( DUI 2nd ) your driving privileges will be suspended for three years. After the first year following your conviction you may obtain a Restricted Driver's License for the purposes stated above, but you must only operate a vehicle with an Ignition Interlock Device installed. This is a device designed to prevent the vehicle's ignition from being started unless you breathe into the device and it detects no alcohol. The third year following your conviction for Driving Under the Influence Second Offense, only with the permission of the court as well as the Tennessee Department of Safety, you may then drive within the terms set out in your Order for a Restricted Driver's License in any vehicle. If an Ignition Interlock Device is required it must be installed and maintained by an approved facility.
