Licencia de conducir restringida para trabajo o estudios en Carolina del Sur

Explicación Simple

Si te quitan la licencia de conducir, puedes pedir una licencia especial que solo te deje manejar para ir al trabajo o la escuela. Tienes que demostrar que vives lejos y que estás estudiando o trabajando.

Es como cuando un estudiante solo puede usar la computadora para hacer tareas, no para jugar videojuegos. Así, puedes manejar solo para lo necesario y no para salir a pasear.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan, un estudiante universitario, pierde su licencia por una infracción. Él vive a dos millas de su universidad y puede solicitar una licencia restringida para manejar solo cuando va a clases o al trabajo. Si su horario de clases cambia, debe avisar a la autoridad de tránsito inmediatamente.

Penalidades

Manejar fuera de los límites de la licencia restringida es una violación de la ley.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

ply for a special restricted driver's license permitting him to drive only to and from work or his place of education and in the course of his employment or education during the period of suspension. The department may issue the special restricted driver's license only upon a showing by the person that he is employed or enrolled in a college or university, and that he lives further than one mile from his place of employment or place of education. (2) If the department issues a special restricted driver's license, it shall designate reasonable restrictions on the times during which and routes on which the person may operate a motor vehicle. A change in the employment hours, place of employment, status as a student, or residence must be reported immediately to the department by the licensee. (3) The fee for each special restricted driver's license is one hundred dollars, but no additional fee is due because of changes in the place and hours of employment, education, or residence. Of this fee, eighty dollars must be placed by the Comptroller General into the State Highway Fund as established by Section 57-11-20, to be distributed as provided in Section 11-43-167. The remainder of the fees collected pursuant to this section must be credited to the Department of Transportation State Non-Federal Aid Highway Fund. (4) The operation of a motor vehicle outside the time limits and route imposed by a special restricted license by the person issued that license is a violation of Section 56-1-460. HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 46-196.2; 1955 (49) 249; 1988 Act No. 623, SECTION 1; 1993 Act No. 181, SECTION 1330; 1996 Act No. 459, SECTION 105; 1999 Act No. 115, SECTION 4; 2001 Act No. 79, SECTION 2.E; 2005 Act No. 176, SECTION 9, eff June 14, 2005; 2016 Act No. 275 (S.1258), SECTION 23,