Driving Safety Course Information

You may be able to require that the charge be dismissed from your driving record by successfully completing a Driving Safety Course or a Motorcycle Operator Training Course, by waiving your rights to a trial and enter a plea of guilty or no contest and request to complete a Driving Safety Course.

You must make a request in person, by Certified Mail, or by email on or before your appearance date. If you fail to request a driving safety course on or before your appearance date, you lose your right to take said course.

You are eligible for a driving  safety course if you:

• Have a valid Texas Drivers license;
• Have not taken the course within the last 12 months preceding the current offense and are not currently in the process of taking a course; and
• Present current proof of insurance

The right to complete a course does not apply to a defendant charged with:

• Speeding 25 mph over the posted speed limit
• Passing a stopped school bus
• Offense committed by a person who holds a commercial driver’s license
• Violation within a posted construction zone while workers are present

You will have 90 days to Submit Uniformed Certificate of Completion (Court Copy obtained upon completion of the course) and a Type 3A Driving Record (obtainable from DPS for $12.00), in accordance with Court instructions.