Even public officials can get their license suspended by accident.

After seeing how many of my clients have started down this same road toward a long driver license suspension, it's not a shock to see even those used to dealing with state agencies get bit with a short suspension and not realize their license was suspended for over a month. Now if he was stopped and given a ticket for driving under suspension, do you think he would have been given a break or a warning from the officer?

Michigan driving records show that U.S. House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers had his license suspended for a month over the summer when a check he used to pay the renewal fee bounced.

FILE - In this Nov. 9, 2009 file photo, Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., is seen in Detroit. Conyers, the powerful chairman of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee, had his driver's license suspended for a month this summer when a check he used to pay the renewal fee bounced, according to state driving records obtained by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File) AP

The records say the 81-year-old Detroit Democrat walked into a secretary of state branch office on Feb. 2 to renew his license.
But months later, state officials determined the bank account tied to the check had insufficient funds, and his license was suspended June 30.
The suspension was lifted July 26.
A statement from Conyers' Detroit office says the check was inadvertently written from an account that recently had been closed.
The Associated Press obtained the driving records of the 30 major-party candidates for Congress in Michigan dating back to 2003.

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