New York DWI: Driving With a Conditional License
Pursuant to New York Vehicle and Traffic Law § 1196(7)(a), a conditional license allows a person to operate a motor vehicle:
• to and from the person’s place of employment,
• during work if the person’s employment requires the operation of a motor vehicle;
• to and from a class or an activity which is an authorized part of the alcohol and drug rehabilitation program so long as the person’s attendance is required,
• to and from a class or course at an accredited school, college or university;
• to and from a state approved institution of vocational or technical training;
• to or from court ordered probation activities;
• to and from a motor vehicle office for the transaction of business relating to such license or drinking driver program;
• for a three hour consecutive daytime period, chosen by the administrators of the drinking driver program, on a day during which the person is not engaged in usual employment or vocation;
• to and from a medical examination or treatment as part of a necessary medical treatment for such person or member of their household, as evidenced by a written statement to that effect from a licensed medical practitioner; and
• to and from a place, including a school, at which a child or children of the person are cared for on a regular basis and which is necessary for the person to maintain their employment or enrollment at an accredited school, college or university or at a state approved institution of vocational or technical training.
It is a traffic infraction for a person to drive with a conditional license at any other time. [VTL § 1196(7)(f)] A person convicted of driving with a conditional license at an unauthorized time will be fined two to five hundred dollars and/ or sentenced up to fifteen days in jail. [VTL § 1196(7)(f)] Their conditional license will also be revoked. [VTL § 1196(7)(f)]
