ONLINE DEFENSIVE DRIVING IN HOUSTON
Did you get a ticket in Houston and need to take a defensive driving course? Our Internet courses are approved
statewide for ticket dismissal by the
Texas Education Agency (TEA) in Austin.
IS TRAFFIC101.COM APPROVED?
Traffic101.com is approved by
the
Texas Education Agency (TEA)for all of Texas including
the
City of Houston.Visit their website for more information including necessary forms.
ONLINE COURSE DETAILS
The Traffic101.com Driving Safety Course for
Texas is a 6-hour course as required by the Texas Education Agency (TEA). It is separated into 4 sections and has a simple 10-question
ungraded quiz at the end of each section. These quizzes do not count towards your final score. Instead, they prepare you for the
required final exam. You must score at least 80% on the final exam in order to pass. If you don’t pass on your first try, you have
two more opportunities to take the final exam at no additional cost. In the unlikely event that you fail the final exam three times,
the TEA requires that you register for and retake the course from the beginning.
ONLINE DEFENSIVE DRIVING IN HOUSTON
Did you get a ticket in Houston and need to take a defensive driving course? Our Internet courses are approved
statewide for ticket dismissal by the
Texas Education Agency (TEA) in Austin.
IS TRAFFIC101.COM APPROVED?
Traffic101.com is approved by
the
Texas Education Agency (TEA)for all of Texas including
the
City of Houston.Visit their website for more information including necessary forms.
ONLINE COURSE DETAILS
The Traffic101.com Driving Safety Course for
Texas is a 6-hour course as required by the Texas Education Agency (TEA). It is separated into 4 sections and has a simple 10-question
ungraded quiz at the end of each section. These quizzes do not count towards your final score. Instead, they prepare you for the
required final exam. You must score at least 80% on the final exam in order to pass. If you don’t pass on your first try, you have
two more opportunities to take the final exam at no additional cost. In the unlikely event that you fail the final exam three times,
the TEA requires that you register for and retake the course from the beginning.
With Traffic101.com, you can go through the course online, at your own pace, any day or time you want. You can also leave the course
at any time and continue later from where you left off. You can review previously completed sections at any time, and all tests are open book.
I GOT A TICKET, WHAT DO I DO NOW?
If you get a ticket and want to take the Traffic101.com course, you should enter a plea of “guilty” or “no contest” to the charge,
pay the administrative fee, and request to take the course.
Court rules state that you must request the Driving Safety Course before your arraignment date or you will lose the right
to elect it at a later time. You cannot request a Driving Safety Course at your trial. The court requires that you wait at
least 10 days from the date the ticket was issued to make your request in person.
Then click on
Register Now, to begin! You can start the course immediately, and can start and stop as many times as you need.
The court will give you 90 days to complete the defensive driving course and submit a certificate of completion and
driving record (obtainable from
Department of Public Safety in Austin).
Once you complete the defensive driving course we will mail two copies of the certificate of completion to you.
One copy is for the court, and the other is for your auto insurance provider. It is your responsibility to get the
certificate of completion to the appropriate agency. If you lose the certificates, we can provide duplicates.
COURSE ELIGIBILITY
You can take a defensive driving course once every 12 months to have a ticket dismissed. By taking the course, you
do not have to pay for the traffic ticket fine. If you have a commercial driver’s license or the ticket was for
speeding 25 mph above the posted limit, you are NOT eligible to take a defensive driving course.