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Austin Area Traffic SchoolsTraffic schools are courses where safe driving practices and traffic rules are taught. These schools are usually meant for traffic violators who are required to take these courses by traffic courts. They are meant to improve general road safety by teaching violators to drive properly. Traffic schools are often offered by courts to violators as a means of removing or significantly reducing the effect of the violation on the violator’s driving record. Such a reduction will also help the violator avoid the adverse effects of the violation on his or her insurance premiums. To prevent frequent offenders from abusing this program, the rules stipulate that a violator can take this program only if he has not done so within a specific number of months prior to the violation.
Traditional ‘brick and mortar’ traffic schools usually have classes that are conducted in a classroom or courtroom, with the duration of the course being anywhere from 6 to 8 hours. The course may last from a full Saturday to several evenings. Most instructors are usually off-duty police officers, though recent changes in trends have seen the introduction of stand-up comics or other entertainers as instructors. A typical traffic school program involves lectures on general traffic safety issues and rules, with the instructions asking the violators to describe their individual violations and discussions revolving around preventing the re-occurrence of such violations in the future. Audio and video materials are often used in the course of these lectures, as also other activities aimed at driving home the message. At the end of the course, the attendees are asked to take a test and are provided with a course completion certificate if they pass. The violators are required to submit this certificate to the court to have the record of the violations removed from their driving records.
Online traffic schools are increasingly becoming popular these days. These schools aim to make the process of taking the course as comfortable and relaxing as possible. This policy, however, has resulted in some lawmakers opposing such leniency, claiming that the sheer toughness of the traffic school should act as a deterrent. Despite this opposition, the number of online traffic schools has been increasing at a steady pace. Online traffic schools allow violators to take and complete the course from the comfort and convenience of their own homes. Austin has a number of traditional as well as online traffic schools. While violators in Austin can take the course at a website that caters to multiple states including Texas , there are a couple of such websites dedicated purely to the residents of Texas . Most such online traffic school courses are approved of by Texas courts. Back to Transportation Services Main Page What do you think? Our goal is to get more and better information out to Austin residents everyday. We can't improve without your help....Please let us know what you like, dislike and what we could be doing better. Email at feedback@austinsmartconsumer.com
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Austin Price Check! There is a fixed price for traffic reduction training of $30 for the entire course. 
Did you know? You can pick up a CD-ROM version of the traffic school training at many Austin gas stations. The disc is $5 and passing it costs $30 that can be sent via mail when you complete the course. 
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