I don't know about all states laws on this. All I do know is there are places I go to deliver and see people who either ride bikes to work, or get a ride from someone. My daughters boyfriend lost his license for dui related charges and had to ride with fellow employees for almost 5 years before he could get a permit to drive just to work here in Illinois. I still say once the court dates, and convictions are final, is when you will find out if the court will give you the work permit or you find a way to get to work other than your own car. I will say in Illinois, I have seen many incidents where the courts take a long time to finally take a drunks license,and all mostly because they hired a lawyer whites people off,or the charges reduced to something else to save their sorry ass....