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Department of Motor Vehicles: Essential Components That Could Help You Win A Lack of Skill Hearing

Retaining the support and guidance of a qualified DMV ADVOCATE will always offer the best opportunity to win a lack of skill hearing in the State of California. There are, however, important factors you should consider that can help your overall propensity to succeed. With preparation, you can be one step closer to a successful DMV hearing.

First and foremost, it is important to understand that being ordered to take a reexamination test is not considered a DMV hearing. Unless there have been questions raised in regard to your driving ability where you have been labeled as a direct threat to the safety of the public, the Department of Motor Vehicles will send you an initial notification for a test retake. This reexamination will serve to determine if your driving ability should be suspended. Once you have taken the test and it was concluded that your ability to drive has been suspended, only then will you have the opportunity to have a DMV hearing that will serve to challenge the suspension to drive. You can also have the legal right to request a DMV hearing in the event that you were suspended without first being asked to take a reexamination test. In these situations, a DMV Expert understands the process and can help facilitate setting up and preparing defense for your hearing.

Essential Components That Can Help You Win a Lack of Skill DMV Hearing

  1. If you have found yourself in a situation where your ability to drive has been suspended, one of the best opportunities to reestablish your driving ability is to learn the facts concerning your suspension. Understanding the reasoning behind your suspension can help you structure your best defense. With this being said, it is important for you to understand why you were asked for a reexamination. The following are a few of the most common reasons as to why the California Department of Motor Vehicles will ask a licensee for a reexamination.
    1. Someone reported your driving to the Department of Motor Vehicles and requested you be reexamined, or
    2. A police officer, who may have been responding to an accident, has asked the Department of Motor Vehicles to reexamine you.
  2. The State of California Department of Motor Vehicles has booklets with information that you will likely be tested on. Study the material in order to give yourself the best opportunity at passing the reexamination. If you have failed the reexamination and had your ability to drive suspended, study the pamphlet regardless as you may be asked about it in the lack of skill hearing.

Obtain the Professional Support of a Qualified Attorney

If you have failed a Department of Motor Vehicles request for reexamination, you should know that you have the legal right to request a hearing. Simply because your ability to drive has been suspended, it does not mean that you cannot challenge that decision. Contact the support and guidance of a qualified DMV expert who can guide you through the process of requesting a hearing. A proficient advocate can also help you prepare for the DMV lack of skill hearing. It should be noted that DMV Hearings are complex, and entail many aspects that someone without experience may not be ready to defend.

California Drivers Advocates are experienced in defending drivers who have been suspended for failing a reexamination. California Drivers Advocates have the experience necessary to help motorists through a lack of skill hearing. Do not allow a failed reexamination waver your ability to drive, consult an experienced professional as soon as possible.

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