Types of Tickets that Qualify for Driving School

If you recently received a ticket,: you may be able to have the ticket removed from your driving record if you enroll in driving school. Taking a defensive driving course, in most cases, will not only keep your driving record clear, it can also reduce your insurance premium up to 10%.

Tickets that Qualify for Driving School

Each state is different when it comes to ticket dismissal or point reduction via traffic school. In some states, drivers need permission from the court to take a defensive driving class. Many states do not allow ticket dismissal at all. You are only allowed to take a defensive driving class once every 12 months.

Not all tickets are dismissed by attending a defensive driving class. The following circumstances will not allow dismissal or point reduction:

• If you have been ticketed for going 25 mph or more over the speed limit


• If you traffic violation was a result of an accident involving injury or criminal activity


• If you hold a CDL (Commercial Drivers License)



• If you have taken a defensive driving class within the past 12 months

  
  
  

Only certain types of tickets qualify for a driving school defensive driving course.

• Speeding, less than 25 mph over the speed limit


• Passing a red light


• Running a stop sign


• Failing to use proper turn signals


• Falling to yield to the right-of-way


• Unsafe lane change


• Reckless Driving


• Failure to wear seat belt adult/child - depending on the court