Hello all. Let me start off by saying I am truley grateful for the advice I received on here and needed a little bit more help. I wasnt sure which forum this best goes in so just came to the one I posted in last time....
At the beginning of this year I was arrested for DUI. My license was suspended and I did not fight that as I pretty much knew you can't win those. During my license suspension period, I went to court and was fortunate enough to get my dui reduced to a Reckless Driving. Just ordered to pay a massive fine, no probation, no alcohol classes, nothing. I was sick for months and after that it was like a gigantic weight off my shoulders. Last month, I received a letter from the dmv showing the reckless driving charge, how many points it put on my license and a note stating if I go over a certain amount of points, my license is subject to suspension.
So I am thinking, well since I did not get a dui, my license is now valid. Fast forward to today, and since I dont learn from my mistakes, I got pulled over for speeding on my way to work. The cop wrote me the speeding ticket, then said my license was comming back as suspended. She asked if whoever she radioed if it was DUI related and was told no. She said if I show up to court with proof of my license she will drop that and reduce the speeding ticket to the minimum.
Now, I am completely sick all over again. I was (perhaps under my own ignorance) that my license was no longer suspended, espeically after I recieve that letter from the dmv just advising me of my points. If it is indeed suspended, and it is from that dui, that is a serious offense I could be facing,and not knowing about it doesnt fly in court. I am completely freaked out now.
It was in a different state than my home state where I got the dui, so perhaps thats why they didnt know about it, but I was under the assumption that there is no such thing on my record of a dui, only a reckless driving. I am not sure how to deal with this now. Part of me just wants to pay these two fines so hopefully they just accept my money and dont dig deep into it, but I can't have this stuff on my driving record on top of everything!!
My question is, has anyone gotten a dui reduced and how does that exactly affect your license status. I'm starting to think I was serverly misunderstood and the fact I keep making dumb mistakes is really going to hurt me. Anyone with any feedback or advice??
