A friend of mine and I were recently talking about our hope that the economy can be re-opened again – and soon. One of the things he said to me was, “Yeah – I haven’t been able to hit the open road and hit the gas for a while.” As a Massachusetts lawyer who represents clients who have been charged with, among other things, motor vehicle offenses, I’m sure you can imagine what my response was.
Business shut-downs, stay-at-home orders, quarantines, and working remotely from home have all combined to create a kind of “mass cabin fever”. That term, of course, originated from people being trapped in cabins during severe winter snowstorms. Even under harsh winter conditions, people want to get outside after a few days. But here it is, Memorial Day weekend — and we haven’t all been stuck inside for just a few days — it’s been a few months. So the desire to hit the road is understandable – but if it’s done in a reckless, dangerous or illegal way, legal trouble could likely follow. Criminal offenses for such operation include:
- Operating After License Suspension or License Revocation