The BMV took forever to bring to attention a status of habitual traffic violator, to make it active. They should have done so all the way back in 2006. I could have begun to serve my suspension then, and it would have been done in 2012, when they actually brought it active.
Back in 2001-2002, within a couple of weeks, I was arrested first for a DWI, and then having a controlled substance on me in my possession, while driving. Both were for marijuana, and there is no way to prove, actually, that I was stoned while driving, one, and two, these substances are now legal in two states, and tolerated in many more, and three, this is now over ten years ago, and at the time the BMV finally did bring it to the courts attention, it was almost ready to expire- it was almost 10 years past. It was like they waited until the last possible minute to rip me up.
Now I am "serving time" for this, as I am on a probationary license, and I am doing so until 2017. It will have been, by that time, ~15-16 years past the original "crime" of having marijuana in my blood, and having a plant on my possession, which ultimately put me over the line qualifying me as a habitual traffic violator. Of course, I also got speeding tickets along the way, but even that was three years past, the last time I had one, by the time I had my license revoked, and fought to keep it on a probationary level. It had been three years. And in that time, I even completed a course to keep my license, to reduce points. What? Then they suddenly hit me again? When I hadn't had another ticket? And I paid them money. More money. I even believe that I had to do another course between 2006 and then-2009 when I got my next ticket (the course mentioned before came after 2009), to reduce points. More money for them. Milk it.
15-16 years, and a rapist and a murderer would have served their time, by then. A child molester. And I simply drove while having marijuana in my blood, which I could have smoked 20 days before, for all they can prove. I have to have the government breath down my neck for the next three years, concerning this, going to compliance hearings, never getting one ticket, doing everything perfect, always under threat. ~100,000 miles a year.
Anyways, I missed one compliance hearing, thinking it was the 13th, not the 3rd. I am now having to go in one month, on the 7th of April, to make sure I am in compliance, and to provide an excuse as to why I didn't come on the 3rd. I'm pretty sure I have a legitimate excuse... I could also throw in that I have been in the process of trying to find a place to live and that may have factored in to my inattention to detail, such as compliance hearings only being on Mondays, but I wish I could have had this taken care of by 2012, as it should have been, and not stretched all the way out to 2017.
I currently drive, for a living. If the judge decides to be a dick... I'm screwed. I guess the best I can do is get a haircut, shave, and dress nicely.
I hate speaking in the negative, but it sucks that these people can mess up against us, but when it comes to us messing up, there is little forgiveness, a lot of times. Such incompetence on their part. Its a joke. "Government" facade.
Its up to us to protect ourselves. Be vigilant. The enemy is more than likely domestic, not to say they intend harm.
In this case, it would have been good for me to know the law, and when I should have had my license revoked. This way I should have brought it to their attention. Got the punishment started. It would have been done.
Back in 2001-2002, within a couple of weeks, I was arrested first for a DWI, and then having a controlled substance on me in my possession, while driving. Both were for marijuana, and there is no way to prove, actually, that I was stoned while driving, one, and two, these substances are now legal in two states, and tolerated in many more, and three, this is now over ten years ago, and at the time the BMV finally did bring it to the courts attention, it was almost ready to expire- it was almost 10 years past. It was like they waited until the last possible minute to rip me up.
Now I am "serving time" for this, as I am on a probationary license, and I am doing so until 2017. It will have been, by that time, ~15-16 years past the original "crime" of having marijuana in my blood, and having a plant on my possession, which ultimately put me over the line qualifying me as a habitual traffic violator. Of course, I also got speeding tickets along the way, but even that was three years past, the last time I had one, by the time I had my license revoked, and fought to keep it on a probationary level. It had been three years. And in that time, I even completed a course to keep my license, to reduce points. What? Then they suddenly hit me again? When I hadn't had another ticket? And I paid them money. More money. I even believe that I had to do another course between 2006 and then-2009 when I got my next ticket (the course mentioned before came after 2009), to reduce points. More money for them. Milk it.
15-16 years, and a rapist and a murderer would have served their time, by then. A child molester. And I simply drove while having marijuana in my blood, which I could have smoked 20 days before, for all they can prove. I have to have the government breath down my neck for the next three years, concerning this, going to compliance hearings, never getting one ticket, doing everything perfect, always under threat. ~100,000 miles a year.
Anyways, I missed one compliance hearing, thinking it was the 13th, not the 3rd. I am now having to go in one month, on the 7th of April, to make sure I am in compliance, and to provide an excuse as to why I didn't come on the 3rd. I'm pretty sure I have a legitimate excuse... I could also throw in that I have been in the process of trying to find a place to live and that may have factored in to my inattention to detail, such as compliance hearings only being on Mondays, but I wish I could have had this taken care of by 2012, as it should have been, and not stretched all the way out to 2017.
I currently drive, for a living. If the judge decides to be a dick... I'm screwed. I guess the best I can do is get a haircut, shave, and dress nicely.
I hate speaking in the negative, but it sucks that these people can mess up against us, but when it comes to us messing up, there is little forgiveness, a lot of times. Such incompetence on their part. Its a joke. "Government" facade.
Its up to us to protect ourselves. Be vigilant. The enemy is more than likely domestic, not to say they intend harm.
In this case, it would have been good for me to know the law, and when I should have had my license revoked. This way I should have brought it to their attention. Got the punishment started. It would have been done.