Officials in one county near metro Atlanta are hoping to soon fix an “internal error” that has caused thousands of people problems with their driver’s licenses, including suspensions in some cases.
The problem began earlier this year when Spalding County State Court began electronically submitting traffic citation dispositions to the state Department of Driver Services, according to a news release Wednesday from Judge Josh Thacker.
Because of the error, officials “inadvertently resubmitted” many citation dispositions to the DDS.
So anyone who got a traffic ticket in the county in the past few years may have a “temporary negative impact” on their driver’s license.
One estimate said about 10,000 people were affected.
“Please know that we undertook immediate action and are presently working diligently to correct this error,” according to the judge. “We are optimistic that this matter will be promptly resolved.”
The court clerk would not comment on the situation Thursday or say when she expects the matter to be resolved. The DDS is “in the process of reversing” the situation, Debbie Brooks told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
A DDS spokeswoman was not aware of the situation and declined to comment.
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