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2. Qualifying as a Habitual Traffic Violator:
Under Indiana driving law, a habitual traffic violator is
any person who, within a ten-year period collects
convictions for violations of Indiana traffic laws of the
number and type outlined below:
a. Two Serious Indiana Driving Law Offenses
Resulting in Injury or Death (ten-year Suspension),
including:
(i) Reckless homicide;
(ii) Voluntary or involuntary manslaughter
resulting from the operation of a motor vehicle;
(iii) A driver involved in an accident that result
in death or injury who fails to stop at the scene of the
accident;
(iv) Operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated
resulting in death; and (v) Operating a motor
vehicle with a BAC of 0.08% or more resulting in death.
b. Three Major Indiana Driving Law Offenses
(ten-year suspension), including:
(i) Driving while intoxicated or with a BAC of
0.08% or more;
(ii) Driving while suspended, when the suspension
was the result of a criminal act involving a motor
vehicle;
(iii) Operating a motor vehicle without ever
having obtained a license to do so;
(iv) Reckless driving;
(v) Criminal recklessness involving a motor
vehicle;
(vi) Drag racing or engaging in a speed contest;
(vii) Leaving the scene of an accident or failing
to make an accident report;
(viii) Any felony under the Indiana motor vehicle
statutes or any felony in the commission of which a motor
vehicle is used; and
(ix) Any of the offenses listed above in
subsection a.
c. Ten Moving Violations of Indiana Driving Law,
one (1) of which is a Serious or Major Offense listed in
subsection a. or b.:
In accordance with Indiana driving law, the Bureau of
Motor Vehicles will suspend a person's driver license for
five (5) years if that person accumulates ten (10) moving
violations of Indiana traffic laws in a ten-year period,
one of which is a serious offense listed in subsection
a., or a major violation listed in subsection b.
3. Operating a Vehicle while Suspended as a Habitual
Traffic Violator:
a. Under Indiana driving law, operating a vehicle
while suspended, as a habitual traffic violator is a
FELONY, the most serious type of criminal offense.
Indiana traffic laws require that, upon receiving a
conviction for operating a vehicle while suspended as a
habitual traffic violator, the BMV must suspend the
person's driving privileges for life or as ordered by the
court.
b. After Certain Moving Violations: When the
Bureau of Motor Vehicles receives a report from a court
of a judgment or conviction for any moving violation for
which points are assessed by the Bureau of Motor Vehicles
a certificate of compliance form is sent to the driver at
the address shown on his or her official driving record
in the following instances:
(i) When the Bureau of Motor Vehicles receives
notification of a moving traffic violation and points are
assessed, and the driver has at least two (2) other
moving traffic violations on which points were assessed
within a twelve-month period;
(ii) When the moving violation is a felony or a
misdemeanor; or
(iii) When the driver has been previously
suspended for failure to carry insurance. The driver has
the same forty (40) day period to have the information
completed and sent back to the Bureau of Motor Vehicles
to avoid suspension described in Section 1.
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