Tennessee Man Arrested for Driving with Revoked License for the Tenth Time
For the tenth time, a Tennessee man has been arrested for driving on a revoked license. Police pulled the man over after seeing him cross the center line last Friday. During the traffic stop, the man decided that if he just drove away really fast he might not get a ticket. A high-speed chase ensued, leading police across two counties and reaching speeds of up to 100 miles per hour. The man eventually pulled over and surrendered to police. The charges against him include driving with a revoked license.
T.C.A. section 55-50-504 makes it illegal to operate a motor vehicle on a public roadway with a suspended, cancelled, or revoked license. The first offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor, punishable by up to six months in jail. A second or subsequent offense under this statute is a Class A misdemeanor, punishable by up to eleven months and twenty-nine days in jail.
The statute also provides that if an offender is arrested for driving on a license that is suspended, cancelled, or revoked due to the commission within the last ten years of vehicular assault, vehicular homicide, or DUI, the offender must spend at least two days in confinement. If an offender is arrested for driving on a revoked, suspended, or cancelled license for a second or subsequent DUI, vehicular homicide, or vehicular assault conviction, the offender must spend at least forty-five days in confinement. Driving with a revoked, suspended, or cancelled license can also result in an additional one-year suspension of a driver’s license.
Driving without a license in Tennessee is a pretty common offense. People often lose the right to drive for one reason or another but still need to get from place to place and feel like driving on a revoked license is their only alternative. The consequences of this decision can be harsh. In addition to facing up to a year in jail, the driver will also see his or her license suspended for an extended amount of time, doing nothing to solve his or her current predicament.
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