B.D.I. Online
This course is now offered online! The cost is $39.95 for the online course.
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Basic Driver Improvement (BDI) - Four Hour Course
Students who have received a driving violation and elect to complete this course to avoid points, insurance penalties (in most instances) and /or to retain a “safe driver” status, will generally elect the “BDI” course. Typically, in order to ensure that a completion will be acceptable to the Clerk of Court in the county where the citation (ticket) was issued, the citation recipient (student) must sign an Affidavit with the Clerk of the Court attesting to their compliance before completing the course.
The student will be responsible for making sure they get credit for completing the BDI course.
Traffic Collision Avoidance Course (TCAC) - Four Hour Course
Students referred to as “TCAC” are persons involved in certain types of traffic crashes that must attend TCAC/BDI course. Referrals to this course are typically accompanied by a notification in a form of a letter sent to the driver licensee’s address on record at the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (DMSMV). The DTA Program for Driver Improvement meets all requirements for TCAC referrals by the Florida DHSMV.
You will receive your certificate upon completion of the course if you bring all necessary data with you (e.g. ticket number).
Court Ordered Students - Four Hour Course
This class is for the student who did NOT elect to take the traffic school, but rather for those who are required by the court to take a course.
Students sent to the course by court order in most instances will be required to remit a copy of their course completion certificate directly to the applicable court. The respective Clerks of Court determine the manner in which reporting of completion information is processed. Regardless, students will be responsible for making sure they get credit for completing the course.
All B.D.I. classes are approved b the State of Florida. You will receive your certificate upon completion of the course if you bring all necessary data with you (e.g. ticket number), so you can present it to the county where you received your ticket. This will insure the points for your ticket do not appear on your driving record.
The benefits of Attending Traffic School:
No Points are assessed on DHSMV driving record.
Citation cost reduced up to 18%
Retain “Safe Driver” status on your license
No insurance increase per Florida law
Adjudication is withheld/ Your driving record does not show guilty
Ticket holders from out of state are eligible
Take a voluntary Defensive Driving Course and receive up to a 10% discount on your insurance
Eligibility
After receiving a Florida Traffic ticket, you need to contact the Clerk of the Court in the county where you received the ticket to find out the reduced amount you need to pay when attending Traffic School or this amount might be with the information the officer gave you when you were stopped. Once you have identified the amount of the payment, send it in along with the ticket and a school election form (Affidavit) to the appropriate address. Again see the Clerk of Courts link if you need the payment address or a school election form.
NOTES:
1. You are eligible to attend traffic school once every 12 months as a election.
2. You may be able to attend more frequently than once every 12 months, but it must be Judge ordered.
3. You may only attend traffic school 5 times in your lifetime.
4. You may attend our on-line traffic school or take the video at home course instead of an actual in-class traffic school. It counts just the same.