UT's Brooks clears more traffic hurdles

"This will resolve all the pending traffic and criminal matters regarding Daniel's driving privileges,'' said Don Bosch, Brooks' attorney. "We'll get his driving privileges taken care of later this week.''

Brooks, who has been suspended for the first three games of the season because of other off-the-field incidents, has had his license suspended for approximately one year based on his failure to pay citations.

In Tuesday's court action Brooks, a junior, had the charge of "failure to obey a traffic control'' - running a red light - dismissed.

A charge of driving on a suspended license was amended to driving without a license, and Brooks paid a $10 fine.

Finally, the charge of crossing at pedestrians crossing other than at crosswalk - jaywalking - was also dismissed.

Brooks wound up paying the court $250 according to Bosch, and now there are just a few more hurdles for Brooks to clear before he's back on the road driving again.

"Once you get these things clear, you go through the department of safety and get him declared eligible to get a driver's license,'' Bosch said. "He should have it back by the end of this week.''

Brooks has been making progress on his community service requirement and his punishment stands, athletic department spokeswoman Tiffany Carpenter told The Associated Press.