Back On the Road Safely - Traffic Schools

Traffic schools are institutions that provide traffic safety and safe driving practices classes as remedial courses for traffic violators. These classes are given as a part of pretrial diversion programs that may remove or reduce the fine and/or effect of the violation in your driving record. A traffic ticket class is usually conducted by an off-duty police officer in a traffic school or in a court and usually lasts for eight hours. Schedules for a traffic class depend on the decision of the court that usually fits into your personal schedule. Aside from this class, a driver improvement course is also required to some traffic violators especially those who were involved in a collision.

Traffic schools are venues for completion of traffic courses that allow different states to dismiss cases instead of suspending the driver’s license of anyone who violates traffic. Millions of traffic tickets are given each year. To avoid multiple offenses (those who think that they can just pay fines for every violation that they commit), traffic schools provide the needed education and discipline for traffic violators. To complete a traffic school course has also a couple of benefits, it will not only remove or reduce the fines but can reduce points from your insurance premiums.

As part of the completing a course in a traffic school, you are required to attend a traffic ticket class. You will be reviewed and given more information about the different traffic tickets that may be given to you once you violated a traffic law. These include tickets for:

-          Driving without a license

-          Driving without registration

-          Driving without insurance

-          DUI (driving under the influence)/DWI (driving while intoxicated)

-          Illegal U-turn

-          Leaving accident/hit and run

-          Mechanical violations such as on brakes, lights (headlights, turn signals, brake lights, license plate lights), horns, mirrors, reflectors, mufflers, safety belts, tires and windshields/windows

-          Reckless driving

-          Running the red light/stop sign

-          Seat belt and child restraint violations

-          Speeding

-          Unlawful vehicle modifications (addition of non-standard lighting, alteration or removal of air pollution and emissions control device, modification of ground clearance, removal of mufflers and window tinting

Aside from undergoing remedial classes on the above traffic information, you will be required to undergo a driver improvement course or traffic collision avoidance course to avoid having your driver’s license revoked or suspended. The following are the situations that will require you to attend a driver improvement course:

-          You were a driver in a crash and you were at fault

-          You were in a collision and somebody was sent to the hospital because of this, whether you are at fault or not

-          You have had two crashes in a period of two years which resulted on you paying greater than $50 for property damage