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Table 3.4 summarizes the information placed on subjects' driving records after the DWI/OWI arrest. This information is based on the most recent abstract obtained for each subject. For subjects who were eligible for license reinstatement at the end of their DWI/OWI suspension, a driver abstract was obtained one to two months after the DWI/OWI suspension ended. For subjects who were not eligible for reinstatement, only a single driver abstract was obtained one to five months after their conviction. Twenty-three Milwaukee subjects (40 percent) were eligible for license
reinstatement, and 3 subjects (5 percent) had their license reinstated.
As noted previously, 2 Bergen County subjects had license suspensions
for other traffic convictions when they were arrested for DWI. However,
the termination dates for these suspensions were not indicated on the
driver abstracts and, thus, it could not be determined whether these
offenders would have been eligible for reinstatement at the end of the
DWI suspension. Therefore, a second abstract was obtained for all 36
Bergen County subjects to determine whether and when reinstatement had
occurred. Twenty-eight Bergen County subjects (78 percent) had their
license reinstated.
Based on the most recent driver abstract obtained for each subject, most Milwaukee subjects received additional license suspensions after the alcohol-impaired driving arrest, but most Bergen County subjects did not. As previously noted, for the 34 Milwaukee subjects ineligible for reinstatement, the information in Table 3.4 reflects only the initial driver abstract obtained one to five months after their conviction. Thus, this information almost certainly understates the extent to which Milwaukee subjects continued to accrue suspensions. All but 9 of the 57 Milwaukee subjects (84 percent) received at least one subsequent suspension, and 24 subjects (42 percent) received two or more suspensions. Almost all these suspensions were related to the OWI conviction and were due either to failure to comply with the alcohol assessment interview or to pay the fine. Of the subsequent suspensions, 5 were based on driving while suspended/revoked or a revoked registration. In Bergen County, 7 of the 36 subjects (19 percent) received at least
one additional license suspension following the DWI incident. These
suspensions were usually related to failure to pay fines or fees, including
the insurance surcharge. For 2 subjects, the suspension was based on
a conviction for driving while suspended. In general, the Bergen County
subjects had less problematic driver records than the Milwaukee subjects,
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