redshift451
Junior Member
I was pulled over on Monday in Columbus, OH for a minor traffic offense. After checking my record, the officer informed me that my license is suspended. Rather than taking me to jail and towing my car, he allowed me to call someone to drive the car away. But now I have a court date scheduled for Wednesday for the Driving Under Suspension charge. I called the BMV, and it seems that my license was suspended because I didn't show proof of insurance on Sept. 26, 1996. On that date, I received an Expired Tag ticket (also in Columbus), and I didn't pay it until May of this year (I forgot about it). After I payed the ticket, Franklin County (Columbus) sent in paperwork to the BMV that I failed to show proof of insurance in 1996, and the BMV suspended my license in July. They sent the notification to my address in Columbus, where I haven't lived for nearly nine years. Can Franklin County or the Bmv really suspend my license for not showing proof of insurance nearly nine years ago? If I plead Not Guilty and try to fight this, what are the chances of the the judge dropping the case, or at least grating me work-driving privileges until the case is resolved?