License revocation — Minnesota Permit Test

Your license may be revoked if you refuse a test for alcohol or a controlled substance, or if you fail it.

Refusing is treated as failing, because otherwise refusing would always be the better bet.

Refuse to take a test to determine whether you are under the influence of alcohol or a controlled substance, or if you fail the test.

A conviction for driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol revokes your license.

It is the offense the whole of Chapter 8 is about, and the license goes with the conviction.

Are convicted of driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of drugs or alcohol.

A conviction for driving over 100 mph revokes your license.

At that speed the state stops treating it as speeding and starts treating it as recklessness.

Are convicted of driving in excess of 100 mph.

A conviction for fleeing a police officer revokes your license.

The chase endangers everyone on the road, so the license goes with the felony.

Are convicted of fleeing a police officer.

Failing to stop, identify yourself and help after a crash revokes your license, especially where somebody is hurt or killed.

Leaving is the part the law treats most harshly, because the person left behind may be dying.

Are convicted of failing to stop, identify yourself and render aid when involved in a motor vehicle crash, especially one that involves death or personal injury to others.

Pleading guilty or forfeiting bail on three violations in one year that carry a jail sentence can revoke your license.

Three in twelve months is a pattern, and the state responds to the pattern rather than the last one.

Plead guilty or forfeit bail for three violations in a single year of any Minnesota traffic law or ordinance that requires a jail sentence upon conviction.

After a revocation you must show proper identification for the written or road test and apply for a new license once the testing is done.

Revocation ends with a new license rather than the old one coming back.

You must apply for a new license after all your testing requirements are met.

What does refusing a test for alcohol cost a Minnesota driver?

Revocation of the license. Refusing is treated as failing, because otherwise refusing would always be the better bet. Minnesota Driver’s Manual, p.87: “Refuse to take a test to determine whether you are under the influence of alcohol or a controlled substance, or if you fail the test.”