Not necessarily detained. During the period when the driver's license is revoked according to law, if you continue to drive a motor vehicle on the road, it is an illegal act of driving without a license. Once found out, you will face different degrees of punishment according to the model you are driving.
 1、 If a person drives a motor vehicle without a license as a motorcycle, he will be fined 200 yuan and detained for 5 days;
 2、 If the unlicensed motor vehicle is a low-speed truck, tricycle or tractor, a fine of 500 yuan and a detention of 10 days will be imposed;
 3、 Unlicensed driving of small and mini passenger vehicles, light and mini cargo vehicles, wheeled self-propelled special machinery vehicles and special operation vehicles will be fined 1000 yuan and detained for 15 days;
 4、 If unlicensed motor vehicles are large and medium-sized passenger cars (including trams and trolleys), heavy and medium-sized trucks, and tractors, a fine of 2000 yuan will be imposed and 15 days will be detained.
 Legal basis
 Article 99 of the Road Traffic Safety Law of the People's Republic of China shall be fined not less than 200 yuan but not more than 2000 yuan by the traffic management department of the public security organ for any of the following acts:
 （1） Driving a motor vehicle without obtaining a motor vehicle driving license, or when the motor vehicle driving license is revoked, or when the motor vehicle driving license is temporarily detained;
 （2） Giving a motor vehicle to a person who has not obtained a motor vehicle driver's license or whose motor vehicle driver's license has been revoked or suspended for driving;
 （3） Escaping after causing a traffic accident, but not constituting a crime;
 （4） The motor vehicle exceeds the prescribed speed by 50% per hour;
 （5） Forcing a motor vehicle driver to drive a motor vehicle in violation of the laws and regulations on road traffic safety and the requirements for safe driving of motor vehicles, thus causing a traffic accident, but not constituting a crime;
 （6） Forcibly passing in violation of traffic control regulations and refusing to listen to dissuasion;
 （7） Deliberately damaging, removing or altering traffic facilities, causing harmful consequences, but not constituting a crime;
 （8） Illegally intercepting or detaining motor vehicles without listening to dissuasion, resulting in serious traffic congestion or considerable property losses.
 The driver's license of a motor vehicle may also be revoked if the perpetrator is in any of the circumstances in sub paragraph (2) or (4) of the preceding paragraph; Under any of the circumstances set forth in Items 1, 3, 5 to 8, a person may also be detained for not more than 15 days.