Oklahoma driving lesson · DUI, Violations and Penalties
License misuse, fake IDs and your driving record
A 4-minute lesson from the Oklahoma course. Read the rules and examples, follow the handbook page references, and check your understanding before you move on.
Your license is a legal document and the property of the State of Oklahoma. Using it to misrepresent yourself, lending it out, or using a fake ID can get your license canceled and lead to felony charges.
Know the rule
It is against the law to use your license to misrepresent yourself in any way, or to allow anyone else to use it.
It's a felony for anyone authorized to issue licenses to knowingly license someone not entitled to one, or who lies on the application or tries to use another person's picture.
Some collisions and any Oklahoma or out-of-state traffic conviction go on your driving record, which is transferred if you apply for a license in another state.
Service Oklahoma releases your 3-year driving record under the Driver Privacy Protection Act. Complete a records request form with your full name, date of birth and license number.
You may have to appear for a Compliance Hearing if you drive carelessly, disobey the law, have a drug or alcohol problem that affects your driving, or otherwise aren't driving safely.
The Compliance Division provides self-improvement and safer driving techniques to traffic violators and people involved in collisions. Drivers with physical conditions affecting their driving may need its approval to get or keep a license.
A Medical Advisory Committee of medical doctors recommends standards for the physical, emotional and mental capacity of applicants and licensed drivers.
A required safety course may include group instruction or counseling, defensive driving, identifying collision traps, reducing collision risk and a proper attitude. If self-improvement doesn't happen, Service Oklahoma must suspend or cancel your driving privileges.
A friend who is 20 asks to borrow your license to buy alcohol. Lending it lets Service Oklahoma cancel your license, and your friend using a fake or borrowed ID faces a possible felony, up to 7 years in prison and a $10,000 fine.
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.
According to the manual, what can happen every time you use, carry, borrow or buy a fake ID?
A felony and up to 7 years in prison
A misdemeanor and up to 30 days in jail
A $250 fine and a license suspension
A misdemeanor and up to 6 months in jail
Answer: A felony and up to 7 years in prison
The manual warns that using, carrying, borrowing or buying a fake ID is a felony: you could spend 7 years in prison and face a $10,000 fine.