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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" citation="COMAR 11.17.08.02" title_num="11" subtitle_num="17" chapter_num="08" heading="Factors to Consider.">
  <text>The following factors may be considered by the Motor Vehicle Administration in the review or decision-making process upon receipt of applications for reinstatement:</text>
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Complete driving record history. The following apply:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>In reviewing convictions, offenses, and accidents, the following points shall be considered:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Nature and seriousness of offenses;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Degree of hazard or other aggravation indicated by court actions;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Repetition and frequency of offenses;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Accident involvement—the degree of seriousness in terms of fatalities, personal injury to the applicant or others, and property damage.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>After considering the sequence, pattern, nature, and the seriousness of offenses, the Administration shall consider:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The number of violations reported in the last 2 or 3 years of driving history;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>The intervals between violations;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>The distribution of violations—consistent or sudden problems after a long period of good driving;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Repeated involvement in the same type of violation;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Possibility of physical or mental deficiencies on the part of the driver which would account for accidents;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(f)">
        <text>Indication of alcohol or drug abuse, or lack of physical ability, knowledge, or skill to drive safely which may predict future offenses or accidents, or both.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Information reported from other sources, including:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Convictions, dispositions of probation before judgment, and any arrests pending dispositions of the court relating to:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Drug use or drug addiction, whether or not involving a motor vehicle,</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Drunkenness or crimes resulting in drunkenness whether or not in a motor vehicle, or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Felonies involving a motor vehicle;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Recommendations for driver reexamination filed by law enforcement because of irrational behavior, apparent physical or mental disability or incompetence, or other reason;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Reports or recommendations from probation officers, social workers, drinking driver monitors, or all of these;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Reports of violations of license suspensions, revocations, or restrictions in other jurisdictions;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Reports or recommendations, or both, from courts, hospitals, health departments, treatment facilities, physicians, psychologists, and counselors or other health care practitioners;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Information from the applicant's family, friends, or neighbors concerning the applicant's mental or physical condition;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Conviction of defaced, mutilated, altered, or fraudulent licenses;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>Reports of continued driving during revocation period;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>Accident investigation reports by law enforcement or insurance companies;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(10)">
      <text>Information from present or previous employers, local police departments, local bars, restaurants, drugstores, or other sources;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(11)">
      <text>Reports, recommendations, or decisions from administrative law judges employed by the Office of Administrative Hearings.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Internal records, including findings, reports, alcohol assessments, or recommendations, or all of these, from the medical advisory board, or other sources within the Administration.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>