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We can evaluate your status at DMV and tell you what needs to be done to reinstate your driving privilege.
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What Causes a Lack of Skill Suspension?

A suspension may be initiated by any of the following factors:

  1. Law enforcement frequently reports motorists to DMV
    • Accident caused by lack of skill or medical condition
    • Incident [Non-Accident] indicating lack of skill or confusion
    • Alcohol or drug problem which could interfere with driving
  1. Your doctor or an emergency room physician may report you to DMV
    • Seizures
    • Lapse of Consciousness
    • Vision
    • Mental condition - Alzheimers, dementia
    • Physically debilitating conditions
  1. DMV field office personnel will report unusual behavior or medical conditions
  2. Courts occasionally report individuals to DMV (usually traffic court)
  3. Family and friends are a frequent source of information for DMV
  4. Private citizens can report unsafe driving by other motorists
What law allows DMV to conduct an examination of a senior citizen?

Among other Vehicle Codes:
Vehicle Code ? 12814. Renewal of licenses; examination; extension; terms and conditions; selective testing.

(a) Application for renewal of a license shall be made at an office of the Department of Motor Vehicles by the person to whom the license was issued. The department may in its discretion require an examination of the applicant as upon an original application, or an examination deemed by the department to be appropriate considering the licensee's record of convictions and accidents, or an examination deemed by the department to be appropriate in relation to evidence of a condition which may affect the ability of the applicant to safely operate a motor vehicle. The age of a licensee, by itself, shall not constitute evidence of a condition requiring an examination of the driving ability. If the department finds any such evidence, the department shall disclose the evidence to the applicant or licensee. In the event such person is absent from the state at the time the license expires, the Director of Motor Vehicles may extend the license for a period of one year from the expiration date of the license.

12814.5. (c) No renewal by mail shall be granted to any person who is 70 years of age or older.
After DMV gets a report, when does the suspension start?

A suspension may start immediately if there is sufficient cause or justification, which at DMV means the driver "poses a danger" to the motoring public. Otherwise, it will begin only after a re-examination or a hearing has been held.
  • Note: the standard for posing a danger is very low, in other words it takes very little evidence for DMV to impose an immediate suspension or revocation.
  • Largely depends upon who reviews it