If you drive a commercial vehicle for a living, you know how important it is to maintain your driving record in good condition. In Illinois, there are certain moving offenses that can disqualify (or DQ) your CDL for 60 days if you plead guilty to them, even if you receive supervision.
CDL holders are not given a break when they go to court. A regular Class D license holder (someone who only drives a personal automobile, or a vehicle under 16,000 pounds) can plead guilty to a moving violation and get supervision and it is considered a “deferred prosecution.” This has a number of advantages. As explained in our if you get supervision imposed in court, you have a few of advantages. The moving violation is not part of your public driving record, meaning your insurance company won’t know. If you finish your obligations successfully (no new movers in the period of supervision, pay your fine, do traffic safety school if ordered) then it is not considered a conviction, which help prevent possible license suspensions.
CDL holders get no such advantage. If you drive a commercial vehicle you will get a “supervision conviction” that will DQ your license and still affect you.
What are serious traffic violations? Most moving violations are. They are too numerous to list, but they include any speeding ticket over 10 mph of the limit, improper lane usage, passing incorrectly, following too closely and a host of other violations. If you are moving and commit a traffic violation, chances are pleading guilty to it and getting supervision will prevent you from driving on your CDL for 60 days. This includes your personal vehicle, so if you get a moving violation in your OWN CAR, not in your work vehicle, it will still DQ you. You do NOT want this to happen.
So, if you drive for a living, call Botto, Gilbert, Schottland and Andrle, PC at (815) 338-3838 and make sure you talk to one of our criminal defense and traffic attorneys to make sure you are protecting yourself.
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