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(Continued from Page 1 ) According to the record, he was convicted in Fairfax County District Court April 1, 1962 and his license was suspended indefinitely after he failed to pay a court-ordered fine. By August of that year, his license suspension was reduced to six months.
On March 22, 1963, Bright was convicted in Rappahannock Circuit Court of driving under a suspended license in January, 1963, and sentenced to a three-month license suspension after he Hailed to pay a fine levied by the state Department of Motor Vehicles.
On April 3,1983, Bright again was found driving with a suspended license, and was given another 90-day license suspension in Rappahannock Circuit Court Bright was declared an habitual offender on August 10,1963.
Virginia law considers motorists to be habitual offenders if they were convicted (or found not innocent in juvenile proceedings) three times of several offenses, including-.
• Voluntary or involuntary manslaughter while operating a motor vehicle.
• Driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
• Driving with a license or permit that is suspended or revoked.
• Swearing or affirming false statements on reports or to officers.
• Any felony using a motor vehicle.
• Running from the scene of an accident if someone has died or is injured, and/or if damage to any car exceeds $250.
Motorists convicted 12 times for lesBer offenses and already having had their licenses suspended for 30 or more days also are considered habitual offenders.
Under Virginia law, habitual traffic offenders can only drive farm tractors up to five miles. If convicted of driving under other circumstances, they face either 12 months in jail— Bright’s sentence—or from one to five years in a penitentiary. The sentences can only be suspended in cases “in situations of apparent extreme emergency which may require such operation (of a motor vehicle) to save life and limb,” according to state code.
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