Increase Your Odds Of Success At Your Driver License Reinstatement Hearing

This article describes several steps you can take to raise your odds of success at a driver’s license restoration hearing.  It is aimed at people who have a revoked license due to too many DUI, OWI, or drunk driving convictions.

Hire an attorney who practices in the area of Michigan drivers license restoration. Before the hearing, an attorney can help you:

• strategize
• gather evidence
• file the necessary paperwork
• prepare you to testify.

At the hearing, a lawyer can:

• elicit testimony from you
• question any witnesses
• submit key evidence
• argue your case to restore your license.

What do you need to prove?

To restore your Michigan drivers license, you must convincingly prove four elements

• That your alcohol and/or substance abuse problem is under control and will likely remain under control in the future.
• That you have a low risk of drunk driving and a low risk of past abusive behavior.
• That you have the ability and impetus to drive carefully and within the law.
• You must prove six-to-twelve months of sobriety. In my experience, most will have to demonstrate twelve of continued sobriety before the hearing.

In summary, you must demonstrate that you have put your alcohol/substance abuse problem behind you and that you are a good candidate for safe driving. You must prove these elements with convincing and clear evidence.

How to Improve Your Odds

Finish your alcohol treatment or counseling. If you were required to attend alcohol/drug abuse treatment or counseling, complete the program. At your hearing to restore your driver’s license, your attorney can present these records as proof that you addressed the problem and that you are committed to overcoming it.

Actively participate in Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) or another structured support group. AA truly helps many. Attending AA demonstrates your ongoing commitment to conquering your alcohol or substance abuse problem. It demonstrates that you take the matter seriously. Make sure you know the serenity prayer and twelve steps.
How much should you attend? The best advice is the more the better. The greater the frequency and length of AA attendance the better. If possible, get an AA sponsor. Your AA sponsor’s documentation of attendance and committment can be very helpful. Your AA sponsor can testify at your hearing or submit a letter in your support.

Letters of sobriety. Sobriety letters help you prove that you have been sober and are committed to staying that way. Well in advance of your hearing, ask family, friends and co-workers to write letters of support highlighting your sobriety. These letters are crucial to your success at your hearing to restore your driver license.

 

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