A 3-minute lesson from the Louisiana course. Read the rules and examples, follow the handbook page references, and check your understanding before you move on.
Your license can be suspended or revoked for dangerous driving, for dishonesty with OMV, and even for things like unpaid child support or dropping out of school. Driving while suspended only makes the suspension longer.
Driving offenses that can cost your license:
A DWI conviction, or refusing the alcohol test
Test results of 0.08%+ (age 21 and older) or 0.02%+ (under 21)
Failing to stop for a school bus loading or unloading children
Manslaughter, negligent homicide or any felony committed with a vehicle
Not stopping to help at a crash you were in that injured or killed someone
Three reckless driving convictions within 12 months
Text messaging while driving
Driving with a suspended license or violating a license restriction
You don't have to hand in your license for a suspension to start. Depending on your record, it can begin when your license is received or expires, when a statement of non-possession is received, when a prior suspension ends, or 30 days after the notice.
Each conviction for driving under suspension extends the suspension by one year, and driving while suspended can bring arrest, a court fine and/or jail.
A 16-year-old intermediate driver is caught talking on a handheld phone while driving. Any wireless device use by an intermediate licensee is grounds to lose the license, not just a ticket.
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.
Which of these is grounds for license revocation in Louisiana?
One speeding ticket in a 12-month period
Three reckless driving convictions in 12 months
Two parking tickets in a year
A single at-fault fender-bender with no injuries
Answer: Three reckless driving convictions in 12 months
Three reckless driving convictions within 12 months triggers revocation; a single ticket does not.