| Through the Internet and through classrooms | | | | even the residence of the violator. |
| across the United States, drivers are | | | | |
| enrolled in traffic school, also known as | | | | There are a number of advantages to traffic |
| defensive driving. Though this is a course | | | | school courses versus paying off the fine. |
| that does focus on the vehicle operation | | | | The biggest reason for many enrollees is to |
| safety, it is not the same as a driver' | | | | save money on the fine. Many courts will |
| education. Driver's education, or driver's | | | | reduce the fine or only require court costs |
| ed, is a course required of new drivers in | | | | on a moving violation if the individual |
| order to issue them a license to operate a | | | | passes a traffic school course. However, |
| motor vehicle for the first time. Over the | | | | this is not the only reason to consider. |
| course of a lifetime, an individual might | | | | Keeping traffic violations off of one's |
| enroll in several traffic school courses, | | | | traffic record will impact insurance rates. |
| which will remind them of safety measures and | | | | The more citations an individual receives, |
| traffic laws as well as provide them with | | | | the higher their insurance premium will be. |
| current information about new laws or | | | | In the long run, the cost of a traffic school |
| regulations. Many courts offer relief from a | | | | course and court costs will be well worth the |
| fine or other traffic violation penalty | | | | change in an insurance premium. Having a |
| through the enrollment and passing of a | | | | clean driving record is also beneficial for |
| traffic school course. | | | | getting a job that requires the driving of |
| | | | company cars or transportation of goods. |
| Privately owned and operated traffic schools | | | | |
| are most common in jurisdictions within the | | | | Today, taking a traffic school course is |
| United States. These traffic schools must | | | | extremely easy, with the help of the |
| have approval from their state in order to | | | | Internet. Online traffic schools have |
| eliminate citations for vehicle moving | | | | exploded in popularity, giving people the |
| violations. This is the number one reason | | | | freedom to take a course at their own pace, |
| for attendance in traffic schools. For most | | | | at their one convenience, and in the comfort |
| non-alcoholic violations, the court will | | | | of their own home. Now there is almost no |
| allow a defendant to take a traffic safety | | | | excuse not to take a traffic course instead |
| course and expel the citation from their | | | | of keeping a citation on your record. It is |
| record completely. Of course, the | | | | easy, convenient, and can even be a fun, and |
| specifications and protocol for removing a | | | | there is never any harm in learning how to be |
| citation from an individual's record may vary | | | | safer while operating an automobile. |
| depending on the location of the violation or | | | | |