Too Many People Learn This After It's Too Late: Don't Pay That DWLS Ticket! Articles / Info Posted by dpakula on Dec 05, 2008 - 08:22 PM It's an all too common story. You get a ticket for unknowingly driving with a suspended license. With the best of intentions, thinking you are doing the responsible thing by taking care of the problem, you pay the ticket. Then, you receive a letter from the DHSMV (Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles) informing you that by paying the ticket you incurred a third habitual offender strike within five years, and as a result your driver's license will be revoked for five years. Five years! In a state of panic, you search for answers. Perhaps you call the clerk of court, the DHSMV, a lawyer, or you search the internet and find our website. Many of you call our office desperately seeking a way out of your dilemma. You learn, too late, that the five-year revocation could easily have been avoided simply by not paying the ticket and pleading not guilty instead. We're constantly amazed at how many people are never told the consequences of paying a DWLS (driving while license suspended) ticket. We are gratified that our website has to some degree raised the knowledge level in the State of Florida regarding HTO (habitual traffic offender) law. We are also gratified that we have been able to help many people remove a habitual offender strike and regain their driving privileges. But we have a long way to go. Many more people will receive the revocation letter, and will learn about HTO law the hard way. The desperate calls to our office will keep coming. Don't despair. We may be able to help. Contact us for a free consultation to see if we can assist you in regaining your driving privileges. In order to evaluate your case, we will need to review your driving record printout which you can purchase from your local clerk of court's traffic division. This article is from Florida Traffic Ticket Defense   http://www.floridatrafficticketdefense.com/ The URL for this story is:   http://www.floridatrafficticketdefense.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=23