Georgia driving lesson · Losing Your Driving Privileges
Suspension, revocation and what triggers them
A 3-minute lesson from the Georgia course. Read the rules and examples, follow the handbook page references, and check your understanding before you move on.
Georgia treats dangerous and negligent drivers as a direct threat to public safety. DDS can cancel, suspend or revoke a license, or disqualify commercial privileges. Most suspensions follow a conviction, but some don't need one.
Cancellation
DDS cancels a license if the applicant gave missing or incorrect information, or became ineligible after applying. You may reapply once you meet the requirements.
Georgia courts must report convictions that affect driving privileges. Convictions from other states and nations go on a Georgia licensee's record and are treated as if they happened in Georgia.
Your license is suspended for not paying the Super Speeder fee. Once you pay and meet the reinstatement requirements, you can apply to get it back. If it had been revoked, you'd have to apply for a new license when the period ended.
Check your understanding
Read the question, decide on an answer, then open it to check the explanation. These are Roadwise study questions based on the source handbook.
What is the difference between a revoked license and a suspended license?
They are legally identical in Georgia
A suspension is permanent; a revocation is temporary
A revocation only applies to commercial licenses
Revoked: apply for a new license; suspended: reinstate
Answer: Revoked: apply for a new license; suspended: reinstate
Revocation terminates privileges until the period ends, after which a resident applies for a new license; suspension temporarily withdraws them until reinstatement.