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Driving without a License or Permit in NY.?

I have been driving without a license in the state on New York (Long Island) for a couple of months. Not only do i have no license, but i have no permit either. I am 18, I have never been pulled over by the police while driving, I was just wondering what i'm getting myself into. If anyone knows the rules and the fines that comes with breaking this law, please help.

Update:

Yes, I do have insurance on my car. And I havent gotten my license yet because i have no social security, only a Tax ID Number. Its tough living in this country without all your papers and what not. 14 years living here almost and the government hasn't done anything for me and my family.

Update 2:

I would of already had a license if i could apply for one, no Social Security no license. Thats how stupid it is in America. I just don't understand what they want us to do.

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  • 1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    Big trouble in NY, you will not be allowed to drive for several years, and they will eventually stop you.

    And I do not believe that you have insurance: You are required by law to list all drivers of the car and the insurance company will take your drivers license number and no insurance company in their right mind will sell insurance to an unlicenced driver. And it is a requirement of every insurance policy that no unlicensed driver be allowed to drive the car.. Did you even read the policy? You do not have insurance!

    "the government hasn't done anything for me"? Who do you think built the roads you're illegally driving on? Stop begging for handouts and do what you need to do to stop breaking the law. Remember: breaking the law makes you a criminal. There is no other way!

  • 5 years ago

    It seems, unfortunately, that there is very little you can do. 1) You left the scene of the accident *regardless* of whether there was visible damage or not. Even if you saw no damage caused by the tap/hit, there might have been damage to the undercarriage/exhaust/etc. Also, unless you can *prove* that those scratches you saw on the truck's bumper were not caused by your accident, the police/truck driver's insurance company has every reason to believe that you caused them. 2) In MA anyway, you can only drive with a permit if there is a licensed passenger in the front passenger seat at all times. I'm fairly certain this is a NY rule as well...(or, well, it *should* be.) Since the police knew it happened either they saw it and followed you home (not so likely, as they probably would have stopped you from leaving/pulled you over,) or a camera/someone spotted you and noted your license plate number. You could call your insurance company to see what they recommend...otherwise, I don't know....good luck.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    New York State Consolidated Laws

    Article 19 - LICENSING OF DRIVERS

    § 509 Violations

    ¶11. A violation of any provision of this section shall be punishable

    by a fine of not less than seventy-five nor more than three hundred

    dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than fifteen days, or by both

    such fine and imprisonment except, if the violation consists of failure

    to renew a license which was valid within sixty days, the fine shall be

    not more than forty dollars, and except that a violation of subdivision

    seven or eight of this section shall be punishable by a fine of not more

    than seventy-five dollars.

    **** This is not a legal opinion, but a citation of New York State Law published on the internet by the state government. ****

    Source(s): http://public.leginfo.state.ny.us/ /menugetf.cgi?COMMONQUERY=LAWS
  • wizjp
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    unlicensed driver. Few hundred bucks worth of fines and usually a 1 year suspension of the right to drive; and God have mercy on your soul the 2nd time

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    well im a police officer and im not sure about the law there but in north carolina its jail 5yrs, 1000$ in fines, plus wat u get pulled over for, and since you don't have a permit 5 yr license ban, which means you have to go to driving classes for 5 yrs before u can get ur license........so if i were u i would get my lincense before the cops get you.

  • 1 decade ago

    i dont understand why you do not have a license @ 18, but since you are 18 possibly jail time and loss of license [or, extension as to when you can get it]

  • 7 years ago

    Hello...

    owo...thats call a big mouth ....first of all you are illegally living is states...illegally...and you complain about our system....if you are so upset ..why don't you go back where you came from..?

    luck you that you are not in UK , where they catch you and just kick you and your whole family to your mother land.

  • CCC
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    in every state in the union this is a crime. you could be charged fines, thousands of dollars.

    see New york dmv

  • 1 decade ago

    your other concern is Insurance

    You do have insurance on the cars you are driving - right?

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