Florida Driver Improvement School

Any fine amount due to the court must be paid to the court prior to attending traffic school.

You will want to complete the course in plenty of time to get the certificate or to the court or DHSMV prior to the due date provided by your court of the DHSMV.

Because different counties and courts use different names for their local traffic schools, the state of Florida DHSMV has adopted many names, including:

• Florida 4-hour course.
• Defensive Driving.
• Traffic Collision Avoidance Course (TCAC).
• Traffic School.
• Basic Driver Improvement (BDI).

Traffic School Online is approved to offer all of these courses in Florida.

Traffic School Online is a licensed provider. We are licensed by the Florida Department of Motor Vehicles. Our School identification number is 21809.

The ticket dismissal course can be taken once in any 12-month period but no more than five times in your lifetime.
All other course types can be taken any time without restriction.

If you choose to pay the civil penalty or are declared guilty by a judge, your driver record will be assessed as follows:

• Moving Violations - 3 points
• Speeding 15 m.p.h or less over posted speed - 3 points
• Speeding more than 15 m.p.h. over posted speeds - 4 points
• Passing stopped school bus - 4 points
• Moving violation (non-speeding) resulting in a crash - 4 points
• Unlawful speed resulting in a crash - 6 points
• Reckless driving (criminal traffic violation) - 4 points
• Leaving scene of crash with damage - 6 points
• Littering - 3 points
• Violation of child restraint laws 3 points

If you accumulate:

• 12 points in 12 months, your license will be suspended for 30 days
• 18 points within 18 months results in a 3 month suspension
• 24 points within 36 months results in a 12 month suspension

If you have a Commercial Drivers License (CDL) and have been cited for speeding more than 30 MPH over the limit, you may not attend traffic school.
If you have taken a traffic school (BDI) course to dismiss a ticket within the past 12 months, or if you have elected five times within your lifetime, you cannot take a traffic school course.
Otherwise, you're eligible!

The Florida DHSMV offers a free service that can tell you which court you need to contact. The service is called Driver License Check. This service will provide the name of the court and their phone number.
If you need to know what your ticket is for and how much you’ll need to pay, please contact them for details.

The course is approved to meet the state's four hour minimum requirement but there are no timers, therefore the length of time you spend in the course is up to you.

Your certificate is sent to the court/DMV and/or a printable download provided immediately upon completion; according to the court or DMV requirements.

• Ticket Dismissal - Your certificate will be available for you to print out immediately after you complete the course.
• DHSMV Required - Your completion will be sent electronically to the DHSMV immediately after you complete the course.
• Court Ordered - Your completion will available for you to print out immediately after you complete the course.
• Voluntary - Your completion will available for you to print out immediately after you complete the course.
• Mature Driver - Your certificate will be available for you to print out immediately after you complete the course.

The cost of the 4-Hour BDI course is $24.97, which includes certificate delivery. We accept Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover and Paypal.

The course has 7 units, followed by a final exam which has has 40 multiple choice questions. You only need 80% correct to pass. The final exam is not meant to be difficult - 98% of students pass it on the first try. If you do not pass the first time you have an unlimited number of retakes.
The course satisfies the DMV time requirement. We do allow you to sign in and out so you can take the course at your convenience.

If, as a result of a moving violation, you elect to enroll in and complete a basic driver improvement course, you will receive the following benefits:

1. Your insurance rates cannot go up and your policy cannot be cancelled because of this violation, unless this involved a crash where you were at fault.
2. Points may not be added to your driver license record, adjudication of guilt is withheld, and safe driver status is maintained if applicable. You may not choose traffic school under this subsection if you have completed traffic school in the past 12 months.

Please Note: If you hold a Class A, B, or C license these benefits may not apply to you.

Florida’s 4-hour BDI course is approved by the DHSMV to allow Florida drivers to:

• dismiss a traffic ticket or citation to avoid having points posted to their drivers record.
• comply with a court or DHSMV decree to take the course due to serious traffic violations.
• if you were at fault in a traffic collision and were ordered to take the course.
• voluntarily take the course in order to reduce your insurance rates.

The course is approved to meet the court's eight hour minimum requirement but there are no timers, therefore the length of time you spend in the course is up to you.

Your certificate will be available for you to print out immediately after you complete the course.

The cost of the 8-Hour Court Ordered course is $49.95 which includes certificate delivery.

The course has 8 units, followed by a final exam which has has 40 multiple choice questions. You only need 80% correct to pass. The final exam is not meant to be difficult - 98% of students pass it on the first try. If you do not pass the first time you have an unlimited number of retakes.
The course satisfies the DMV time requirement. We do allow you to sign in and out so you can take the course at your convenience.

The course is approved to meet the state's six hour minimum requirement but there are no timers, therefore the length of time you spend in the course is up to you.

Your certificate will be available for you to print out immediately after you complete the course.

The cost of the 8-Hour Court Ordered course is $14.95, which includes certificate delivery.

The course has 11 units, followed by a final exam which has has 40 multiple choice questions. You only need 80% correct to pass. The final exam is not meant to be difficult - 98% of students pass it on the first try. If you do not pass the first time, you have an unlimited number of retakes.
The course satisfies the DMV time requirement. We do allow you to sign in and out so you can take the course at your convenience.