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