No. I am suggesting she was driving without her drivers’ license. That is against the law. You have to have your license when you are operating a vehicle, and she didn’t. The City of Dallas dismissed that ticket as well. I, personally, left my driver’s license at home one day by mistake, got a ticket, and had to pay a fine despite the fact that I had a license. This occurred in Dallas. I did have my insurance, for which they were doing a random check. But then again, I speak English.
That is correct. Never drive off without it! I left my DL at the bank drive thru once and had the misfortune of getting hit by a guy running a red light. It didn’t matter that I knew my DL#...they required the actual license. My case was dismissed because when I got to court (with my license, citation and accident report in hand), the court ticket showed that I ran the red light while driving without my license. I had all my documentation and the judge just wrote it off (or whatever they do to dismiss it). Lesson learned!
And if doofus cop had not cited her for failure to speak English, it is quite likely that charge would not have been dismissed. I don’t see anywhere in the article that the illegal u-turn charge was dropped.
I’m a municipal court judge in one jurisdiction and a prosecutor in another. We routinely dismiss “no DL” citations if the defendant comes in and shows us that he/she had a valid DL on that date, whether it was in the car or not. You got a raw deal, IMHO.
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