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In article <1993Mar16.223818.3062@alw.nih.gov> pruss@helix.nih.gov (dmitry pruss) writes:
>That was a message I got from the MVA... the procedure is called
>Administrative hearing, and the reason is that I got two accidents in a
>year. 
>
>Now, the question is, does anyone know if the revokation is inevitable?
>anything like a probation term? 

After talking to a MVA driver improvement officer yesterday as a coincidence,
I discovered that most people ignore the "defend yourself" part -- which is
stupid.  The hearing is there for a reason.  Getting your license revoked is
REAL serious (not least because of all the hassles it'll cause you even after
you get it back), and the MVA knows that too.

>What kind of arguments could they (the hearing) accept?

Honest ones.  But I would drop by the MVA in person before my hearing (as
much before as possible) and make sure I got correct answers to all those
questions you asked us, if I was you.  In every full service MVA I have ever
been in, there's a corridor off to the left against the far wall which
houses the rooms for driver conferences -- try going back there.

And I would ask 'em if I could/should bring a lawyer to the hearing.  I
dislike lawyers almost as much as the next guy, but this is one case where
it seems to important to let opinion rule my actions.

>I imagine that I will have no more than 30 seconds to defend myself, so I
>need an advice really very much.
>
>Thanx,				D 

I don't know how long you might get, but I do know that the hearing officers
conduct business a lot more carefully than the tellers out front.  There are
not the same long lines, and the results are more serious.  As an example,
point's conferences can take over an hour.

Good luck, and I'm sure some of us would like to hear what the MVA actually
tells you when you ask about this.

-hagger