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Supervision

A lot of drivers are confused about what supervision is, so I'm going take a minute to get you up to speed.  Supervision is an alternative disposition.  Before supervision, you could be convicted or found not guilty of a crime.  A record of convictions (or rap sheet) was kept on every person who received a conviction for a crime.

Illinois has a policy of revoking the driving privileges of anyone who was convicted of DUI.

What happens with supervision is this:  the conviction is withheld, and the driver is given a chance to complete alcohol counseling, attend a victim impact panel (one hour session), pay fines and not violate the law for a year while on supervision.  If he successfully completes supervision the charges are dropped.

In Illinois you can only get one supervision for DUI in a lifetime.

Because you can only get supervision once in a lifetime, Illinois needs to keep track of who has used up their once in a lifetime supervision.  They do this by keeping a DRIVERS ABSTRACT FOR COURT PURPOSES.  This record keeps track of all supervisions.  Only drivers, their attorneys,and the prosecuting attorney can get copies of this special record.  Insurance companys do not get to access this record

Also, at the beginning of this year the legislature changed the law, so that a driver may only get 2 supervisions per year on any traffic violation.

Hope that helps,

Ray Flavin


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