Driving Safety Course
How to Request a Driving Safety Course
**** Do Not Take the course until you have obtained permission from the Court by applying online or in person. ****
You may be eligible to attend a Driving Safety Course or a Motorcycle Safety Course (if you were operating a motorcycle at the time of the citation) for dismissal of your citation.
You are eligible for a Driving Safety Course if:
- You do not possess a CDL (Commercial Driver’s License).
- You have not completed a Driving Safety Course for citation dismissal in the previous 12 months (calculated from date of previous completion to the violation date of your current citation).
- You have a valid Texas Driver’s License or permit or are currently in the military.
- You have valid proof of insurance showing you as a covered driver (must be listed).
- Your violation was not in a construction/work zone with workers present.
- Your citation was for a moving violation.
- If cited for speeding, your actual speed must be less than 25 mph (24 and under) over the speed limit.
- If you were cited for transporting a child not in a safety seat or child passenger safety seat system you must take a driving safety course that has four hours of instruction about seat belts and child passenger safety seat systems.
If you are eligible, you may sign up for a Driving Safety Course by applying online, or appearing at the Court on or before your appearance date:
- Required fees – $144.00 for Non-School Zone Violations or $169.00 if you were in a School Zone.
- A copy of your valid Texas Driver’s License; and
- A copy of your valid Texas Liability Insurance showing you as a covered driver (must be listed); and
- The Driving Safety Course Request Form signed; and
- A copy of your citation.
**** Do not take the course until you have obtained permission from the Court by applying online or in person. ****