On 12/8/08, I decided to go to a bar, which didn’t card in my college town and enjoy a beer. Of course I received an MIP for holding an empty beer bottle, went to court a month later and was fined $ 262 and 120 days suspended license. That charge was more than excessive I think, but anyway, I messed up and the law is the law. With the information the judge gave me, I was under the impression that my license had been suspended from that day on. No, I never turned in my license, I didn’t know that was required, because I had a New Jersey license. SO, on 10/26/09, I receive in the mail a letter stating my license will be suspended starting 11/10/09, which is today. 11 MONTHS AFTER MY CONVICTION DATE FOR AN MIP, ARE YOU KIDDING ME! Someone messed up. I went to the local police department, they told me that my ticket was processed 5 days after my conviction date. I was on the phone today for an hour with SC DMV pleading my case and from the confusion in the ladies voice, and the fact that she transferred me twice and put me on hold 4 times to clarify everything I was telling her, this was something new to them. I feel as I am the victim to someones screw up.

A little more background of the situation. At the time of the MIP, I had a new Jersey license and was living in a South Carolina college town going to school. On May 1, i obtained a South Carolina license, insurance, property tax, housing deed, cause I am applying for in-state tuition.

What the police department told me was that they sent the ticket to NJ to be processed, but they somehow messed up. What SC DMV is telling me is that the ticket was never sent to NJ but was in holding up until 10/10/09 in SC.

Is what is being done to me normal? It certainly isn’t justified. I have never heard of an MIP being delayed 11 months to finally suspend their license. I was not even allowed to appeal or plead my case to these people at the DMV. They said their was nothing they can do.

SOMEBODY GIVE ME MORE INFORMATION PLEASE!